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Renee Gardner, MS
 

I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the state of Oregon with a degree in Individual, Couple, and Family counseling from Portland State University. I received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from University of Oregon and spent many years working with children in foster care and as a preschool teacher and later began teaching psychology courses at PCC and counseling courses at PSU. These experiences, as well as my long-term partnership with my husband and raising my two daughters greatly inform my counseling practice.

I have partnered with individuals, couples, families and groups to improve issues related to depression, anxiety, anger, past trauma, maintenance of sobriety, relational difficulties, parenting concerns, persistent mental illness, communication problems, life transitions, and grief and loss.

I utilize an emotion-focused-couple therapy approach which seeks to assist couples in developing greater awareness of intimacy needs and the ability to sustain compassionate connection. (Course attendance July 2014-January 2015, Jaime Levine-Edwards, Charles Edwards)

I also use an Internal Family Systems approach, which seeks to understand our inner family, or the various parts of ourselves that influence the way we think, behave, and feel. (Workshop attendance July 2014, Richard Schwartz)


Renee Gardner, MS