Serving: Oregon

Supervisor: Nicole Podell, LCSW and Brooke White, LCSW

Accepting: Sliding Scale, Providence, PacificSource commercial and OHP, Kaiser NW

Modalities: Talk therapy

Zoza Oberle, CSWA

I come to this work with deep respect and compassion for the ways people learn to survive—and the quiet courage it takes to begin asking what healing might look like.

As a Chinese-American adoptee, I understand what it’s like to feel trapped on a battleground of internalized messages and beliefs about how you’re too much while simultaneously never enough. I spent over a decade unknowingly in the silent battle of a racial identity crisis. At the time, I believed I had to change who I was in order to be loved and accepted by myself and others.

My own journey navigating identity, belonging, and worthiness has taught me that many of the beliefs we carry about ourselves are deeply systemic and rooted in painful experiences, and that healing involves not just internal work, but the validation of our lived experiences and the release of burdens and blame that are not ours to own. I know the impact of being misunderstood and told, in ways both obvious and hidden, to shrink in order to belong, and I hold that awareness as I sit with others. Therapy, to me, is not about changing who you are at your core, but about understanding and honoring every part of your story.

We all deserve places where we don’t have to explain ourselves—where we’re not just heard or tolerated, but truly felt and honored. In our work, I strive to create a space where you don’t have to leave parts of yourself at the door. A space where you can bring your questions, contradictions, pain, and hope—and where we can make sense of your experiences together. I don’t believe healing requires you to become someone else. Instead, I believe healing comes from returning to who you are beneath the layers of shame, survival, and silence.

My approach is collaborative and deeply shaped by each client’s needs. I’m here to listen with care, curiosity, and the belief that every part of your story matters.