Porshea Pendleton, LMFT
Therapist in Oregon
Porshea Pendleton is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Oregon with 24 years of professional experience.
- License T0709 · Oregon Expires March 2027
- NPI 1811104359 · national registry
- Experience and languages 24+ years in practice English
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About Porshea
Porshea Pendleton is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Oregon with 24 years of professional experience. She offers steady, experienced support for people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and related concerns. Porshea approaches work with respect and compassion and adapts discussions and plans to each person's needs.
She often draws on the Gottman Method when helping couples improve communication and rebuild connection. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions can include practical tools, role practice, and steps to try between meetings. Porshea can support people dealing with intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, anger, bipolar mood management, and stress. She also addresses challenges linked to abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, and body image.
Additional focus areas include cancer-related distress, codependency, commitment worries, and coping after disasters. Her background includes long-term work in mental health and a faith-informed option for clients who want a Christian perspective in therapy. The therapist frames treatment objectives collaboratively, tailoring a plan to individual goals rather than using a fixed recipe.
People who prefer clear, direct conversation and practical steps often find this approach helpful. Sessions are offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Credentials
- LMFT (Oregon)
- License T0709 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1811104359 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Porshea lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Porshea names
These are the approaches Porshea names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate online
Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and rebuilding connection between partners. Online sessions can include guided conversations, structured exercises, and tools to change negative interaction patterns, useful when relationship conflict or intimacy issues are central.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions this often looks like reviewing patterns, practicing coping skills in real life, and discussing results in the next meeting to adjust the plan.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address, then recommend which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see and respond to nonverbal cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels too much, and live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work during relocations or schedule changes.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
Porshea works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, eating concerns, anger, bipolar mood management, and coaching for life changes. She also addresses topics like abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family concerns, and body image.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses practical, conversational sessions that focus on goals and problem-solving. Meetings often mix skill-building, real-time practice, and actions to try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential and has 24 years of experience in mental health work. Her career includes long-term clinical practice supporting a range of concerns.
Where is she located and licensed?
She is based in Oregon and carries an OR LMFT credential.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work together?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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