Serving: Oregon

Supervision: Le Adams-Schoen, LPC

Accepting: PacificSource commercial and OHP, Providence, Kaiser NW, Moda and sliding scale

Kay Greene, Marriage and Family Therapist Associate

They/Them

Love has an immense ability to help heal the devastating wounds that life sometimes deals us. Love also enhances our sense of connection to the larger world. Loving responsiveness is the foundation of a truly compassionate, civilized society. —Sue Johnson

Welcome

I have spent much of my life working with a passion for helping and supporting my community. I have always felt pulled towards helping fields that allow me to connect with others and provide support. After seeing the ways that being in community can help facilitate the healing process, I strive to create a dedicated space for finding support and growth in my own practice. I want to help create a Brave Space where folks feel they can bring the entirety of who they are into the room and know that we can talk about it. I don’t want or expect perfection, but rather a messy process where we bump up against each other and learn through that.

Focus

I work with clients who are navigating relationship and communication issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, and recent life stressors. I want to help people truly understand their nervous system’s responses to trauma, oppression, and chronic stress. Within that understanding we can begin to create new patterns towards healing and release.

As a trans non-binary, queer, autistic person I feel a pull towards working with other folks of similar marginalized backgrounds. In particular I love being a trans therapist for trans folks! Additionally, I strive to create a therapeutic relationship where neuro-diverse people can feel that they can show up in whatever ways they need to. It is an honor to create a space where folks feel like they can unmask and share their special interests. I welcome people who are professionally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, and questioning if they are neuro-diverse.

I enjoy working with couples and non-traditional relationship structures. I recognize that often folks who are in non-monogamous, poly, or in open relationships require greater understanding and learning to gain the support they want in therapy. I am able to bring that care and understanding into the work I provide, and I greatly enjoy working with any structure of relationship y’all bring in!

I love working with anyone who wants to work with me, and I enjoy being able to support folks across a wide range of identities.

Education

I hold a Bachelor of Education in Family and Human services from the University of Oregon and a Master of Science in Couples and Family Therapy from the University of Oregon, which is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).

Philosophy of Therapy

My therapeutic approach is systemically based in an integration of Emotion Focused Therapy and Solutions Focused Therapy. I work with clients to build a deeper understanding of how their relationships, both past and present, often inform who they are in relation to their current stressors. From there, I work to help facilitate the healing process by integrating client’s own skills with evidence-based practices.

I strongly believe that true healing comes from self-compassion and building on our own inherent strengths. True healing requires the integration of compassion and emotion into our bodies and nervous systems, and that can be a messy process. I welcome and enjoy the mess!

I recognize that often the systems we are involved in, especially the systems of oppression we must survive, can foster feelings of shame, stress, and grief. I hope to help grow feelings of self-acceptance, joy, and connection from our work together. Once we can grow in our self-compassion it becomes easier to understand our skills and reconnect with joyfulness!

More about Me

I have a dog and a cat who I adore with my whole heart. I’m an avid reader and I greatly enjoy being able to spend my time outside. The Oregon coastline is my favorite place in the world, and I often spend as many free weekends as I can exploring the shoreline looking for shiny rocks with my wife and dog!