Hi! I’m Noël (they / them)
LPC | Oregon | C5807
identities: white, neurodivergent, queer, trans, disabled, chronically ill
It is my calling to create transformative healing relationships in which I collaborate with you in finding your path toward whole being. I believe that we are all naturally connected and wired to connect, and that profound healing happens in relationships. When you experience trauma, whether one large traumatic incident or smaller incidents over time, relationships with self and others can become strained and it can feel challenging to connect. In this you are not alone.
I know what it is like to have pain that you don’t know how you will survive, and have carried these traumas in my body long after the pursuit of survival. It was in therapy as a client that I first had the opportunity to be fully seen, heard, and understood in my pain. The beginning of the path that lead me to wanting to help others know the power within this experience.
Your body and brain are so resilient, doing their best to help you out of your hardest times. Through and even long after surviving the methods you used to get you through those tough times might be contributing to continued distress as they are no longer serving you like they did when you needed to survive.
Maybe it is your new found instinct to isolate, avoid, tear yourself down, or numb yourself out in order to try to protect yourself from pain and suffering.
Maybe you find yourself repeating patterns of suffering, but you aren’t sure how you got there or how to get out.
Emotions are not something to be cured, they are something to be felt, held, and heard.
When we are not given models or examples for how to safely feel our emotions, either in the micro-culture of family of origin or in larger systems and structures, then it is understandable to feel uncomfortable with emotion, even scared. Many clients come to me in their suffering or discomfort asking for me to help them ‘stop feeling’ a certain way - anxious, sad, angry, ‘emotional.’ As difficult as the task may be, I ask you to slowly warm to the idea that you don’t need to be cured of your emotional states. Instead, to reconnect with yourself in ways that help you to re-establish, or establish, safety in the brave act of fully feeling.
Credentials and Certifications
Always learning new things and going new places!
Supervision I provide is supervised by Silvana Espinoza Lau, LMFT
education:
BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago - 2013
MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Argosy University - 2017
credentials:
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) - Oregon - C5807
certification + other continuing education:
Certified Yoga Instructor (CYT) - Yoga Six Chicago - Fall 2017
Usui Holy Fire Reiki Level 1 - Fall 2019
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 - Fall 2020
Usui Holy Fire Reiki Level 2 - Spring 2021
Integrated Somatic Trauma Therapy - Embody Lab - Spring 2022
Sound Medicine for Practitioners - Elixir Field Wellness - Spring 2022
Clinical Supervision - Lewis and Clark - Fall 2023
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2 - Fall 2024
Certified Mental Health & Nutrition Clinical Specialist - cert in progress 2025