Jared Gorfinkel, PsyD

❖ Hello, my name is Jared Gorfinkel, PsyD, and I am a Clinical Psychologist supporting adults 18+ all across the state of Oregon via teletherapy sessions. ❖ 𖥸 Professional Values and Therapeutic Approach 𖥸 • I seek to create conditions of support, moment to moment safety (knowing that safety and trust must be consistently re-earned in relationships), compassion, and accountability as my clients navigate the normative stressors of life, yet most notably when they compound into more substantial states of distress, sometimes as depression, anxiety, and/or unresolved trauma or grief. I value a therapy space that aids clients in cultivating insight into their lived experience, complex emotions, and relational patterns, which in time motivates them toward psychological growth and a greater sense of fulfillment in life. • I emphasize seeing my clients *beyond* the diagnosable/symptomatic elements of their suffering, taking equally into account their humanity, i.e., their culture, intersecting identities, and the surrounding context/systemic power structures which inevitably reinforce and/or amplify unique yet pervasive symptoms and challenges. • Additionally, as a relationally anchored therapist, I value learning about one's family of origin dynamics and self-development, aware that lasting identity struggles and suffering may reverberate from early relational wounds or traumas that occurred during critical moments of development. • During my clinical training, I had the privilege of working in diverse settings such as a middle school system, a university counseling center, several outpatient community mental health agencies, a methadone maintenance clinic, and a large group private practice, all of which have shaped how I practice, make sense of the world, and view my role within the larger mental health system. ❖ 𖥸 Education/Licensing Info 𖥸 • Licensed Psychologist, Oregon #3476 • PsyD in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA (2020) • Doctoral Dissertation Topic - Dresses and Cowboy Hats: The Impact of Masculinity Ideology on Self-Identified Femmes and Their Sense of Self ❖ 𖥸 We Might Be a Good Fit If... 𖥸 • You are struggling to find meaning in an increasingly difficult and complex world. • You seek to improve your relationships, but have a difficult time seeing yourself accurately, or are prone to feeling insecure or fending off vulnerability. • You are exploring your identity, and wish to examine the ways that marginalized dimensions of self contribute to internalized oppression, symptoms, learned resilience, or conversely to understand areas of self which carry privilege that may also inform/exacerbate mental health symptoms. • You are more specifically exploring/already identify along the LGBTQIA2S+ continuum, or are more broadly/nebulously exploring gender and sexuality, and with this, open relationship structures/non-monogamy and/or kink. • You are open to a supportive style that balances directiveness and accountability-holding with spaciousness and empathy. • You are okay with a style that seeks to minimize the power differential between therapist and patient, and balances intentional use of authenticity and self-disclosure, along with intermittent, intentional use of "neutrality" or therapist ambiguity/withholding of disclosure when it is found to be valuable to a client's growth process. • You are open to an integrative style that incorporates both concrete skills training informed by 3rd wave cognitive-behavioral approaches (mindfulness, DBT, and ACT) tailored to fit your specific needs, along with more abstract, insight-oriented approaches that privilege the therapy relationship, and a gradual, co-created, interpersonal, self-uncovering process. ❖ 𖥸 How to proceed... 𖥸 Book a free consultation via the "Request Appointment" button, or scroll just a little further down and select "Contact" at the bottom of the page to fill out a contact form. Thank you for your interest in working with me!