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Jessica Hitchcock, MD

Dr. Hitchcock was born in Portland, Oregon. She studied music history and theory at Oberlin College and received her master’s degree in Musicology from the University of North Carolina. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed residencies in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with training in Infant Mental Health at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is board certified in Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Hitchcock has been a past board member of the American Psychiatric Association, and chaired committees at the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. She began her Oregon career as faculty at OHSU. She has worked on Child and Adolescent inpatient units and in outpatient practice both as medical faculty and as a private attending.

Her professional interests include clinician well-being, mental health access, and anti-racism in medicine.

Her clinical interests include Attachment and Infant Mental Health, Intergenerational Trauma, and Mental Illness Prevention. She volunteers with Health Bridges International, collaborating with local healthcare and childcare providers in Perú, and Groundbreakers, focusing on ending intergenerational trauma in Black communities in the United States.

Kippy Macklin, PMHNP

I have 30+ years of experience providing care for patients with mental health issues, the past 3 years as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. My passion for choosing this profession stems from the lack of understanding as well as the lack of providers to treat patients with mental health conditions. I love to use evidence-based practice and a holistic approach. I believe in the importance of establishing a patient-provider therapeutic relationship to ensure the best positive outcomes. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family, reading, cooking, and baking.

Alicia Palmer, LPC

Education
Alicia is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon with an MA in Clinical Mental Health from George Fox and a BS in Human Development and Family Studies from Warner Pacific. Her professional background includes time working in Community Action’s Head Start/Early Head Start program, in the Pregnancy and Family Support program at Catholic Charities, as an Addictions Recovery Counselor and Team Coordinator at CODA, and as a Mental Health Clinician at Western Psychological.

Services Offered
Individual therapy.
Theoretical Orientation

Alicia is committed to growth and understands that it is often the hardest thing to do. She sees circumstances in life as opportunities for growth and knows that we often need support both in crisis and as we seek to navigate our day-to-day lives. Alicia uses an eclectic approach with her clients, helping to identify goals, barriers to success, and strengths clients already have to help create healthy and helpful changes in their lives, and successfully navigate through life’s challenges. Some of the modalities she utilizes are Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, CBT, and DBT.

More Information
Alicia is a partner and parent. In addition to spending time with loved ones, she enjoys working on projects in her house and yard, reading for pleasure and philosophical ponderings, playing tabletop games, and geeking out on nerdy stuff. She’s a Northwest gal and loves opportunities to get outside and experience our beautiful surroundings.

Ages Served 18-64

Specialties
Anxiety/Fears/Phobia/Panic Attacks, Depression, Grief/Death, Postpartum Depression, PTSD, Stress Management,  Parenting Issues, Women’s Issues, LGBTQ+ affirming and supportive, DBT, Religious/Spiritual Issues.

Jacob Moss, LCSW

Jacob is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received his master’s degree from Brigham Young University in 2014. He started working in outpatient care and received his licensure in 2016. As a part of his graduate program, he completed two internships, one working in outpatient care as well as working in adoption writing two home studies for those looking to adopt. His second internship was working at the Utah state prison in their women’s substance abuse program.

Jacob works with teens and adults of all ages in individual, couples, and family therapy when appropriate. He seeks to create an environment that can facilitate a strong therapeutic relationship and works to make clear goals with his clients to help create a warm, affirming, and solution-focused direction in therapy. Jacob utilizes aspects of Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Interpersonal, Christian counseling when desired, and Gottman principles in working with his clients collaboratively to help reach their desired outcomes. He works with those seeking help with depression, anxiety/panic, stress management, relationship concerns, trauma, and ADHD. He enjoys helping provide evaluations for adults seeking to understand if their struggles with focus/concentration are related to ADHD.

Ages served 13+

In his free time, Jacob loves spending time playing with his kids, staying connected with family, getting outside, enjoying a good movie, seeing musical theater, going to a sporting event, singing, and playing various sports.

Alex Bloom, Psy.D.

Dr. Bloom is a licensed clinical psychologist and specializes in treating anxiety. He graduated from Pacific University in 2011, focusing on mindfulness-based interventions, and has been licensed since 2013. He has a unique background with mindfulness having spent time contributing to the research on the subject, having an established personal practice for over a decade, and using mindfulness techniques in session with clients for the same amount of time. Dr. Bloom also has an extensive background with group therapy, including facilitating Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, chronic pain, stress management, and positive psychology groups. He has run many of these groups weekly for close to a decade. Dr. Bloom focuses on individual therapy and brings his expertise in using short-term, evidence-based techniques to reduce distressing symptoms. At the same time, his ultimate goal in therapy is to make the experience collaborative and welcoming, thus tailoring treatment to the client.

Ages served 18+

In his free time, Alex enjoys traveling, writing, photography, hiking, meditating and spending quality time with family and friends. He is a regular guest on ABC/KATU’s AMNW where he highlights various mental health topics to the community. He also continually blogs and maintains a strong social media presence, both of which discuss how to apply mental health principles in a simple, practical way. He is currently completing his first book and related online course bridging psychology and spirituality.

Sara Jensen, Psy.D.

Dr. Sara Jensen is a licensed psychologist who received her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacific University School of Professional Psychology. Dr.Jensen is an LGBTQIA+ affirming provider. Dr. Jensen has vast experience working with children, adolescents, families, and adults in a variety of settings with complex mental health needs, providing both individual and group work.  Dr. Jensen’s theoretical orientation is a combination of evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioral and Insight-Oriented frameworks, depending on what is the best fit for the client. Dr. Jensen enjoys working with clients from diverse backgrounds and in all age groups. She strives to identify, work from, and build upon clients’ strengths and empower individuals/families to achieve change through the use of current research, coupled with a warm and solution-focused style. She is passionate about her work, helping to create positive change, with the development of skills to manage what is getting in the way, and make sense of problematic cognitive and behavioral patterns.

Ages served 18+

Kylee Brandt, LPC

Kylee Brandt is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark. She has over a decade of experience working with clients of all ages in a variety of outpatient settings, including community mental health, non-profit counseling services, and acute eating disorder treatment (IOP/PHP).

Kylee enjoys working with adolescents and adults, and their loved ones, as they seek support with concerns around disordered eating, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behaviors, relational trauma, identity development, and sexuality/sexual health. Kylee is an affirming provider for the LGBTQIA+, kink, ENM/polyamorous, and neurodiverse communities, and has experience working with gender diverse individuals at all stages of exploration and transition.

Kylee approaches therapy from a holistic person-centered, trauma-informed lens. She draws from evidence-based models including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), exposure & response prevention (E/RP), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and enjoys integrating therapeutic techniques to tailor treatment to the needs and strengths of each individual. This may involve traditional talk therapy, somatic and mindfulness exercises, experiential activities, and creative exploration in sessions.

Kylee aims to create a safe space that encourages personal reflection, growth, and self-empowerment. She offers ways to explore the self with curiosity and compassion. Kylee believes that the mind and body work together as one, and that when we become more attuned to our bodies, there is vast potential for new insight and a deeper connection to our innate wisdom.

During her free time, Kylee enjoys making all kinds of art, engaging in outdoor activities, listening to audiobooks, trying to keep her plants alive, eating ice cream, and playing with her fur-babies.

Riley Crowder, LPC

Naoya Izawa, Psy.D.

I am originally from Japan, and as a licensed psychologist in both Oregon and Florida, I bring nearly two decades of experience in supporting individuals through their unique journeys. My professional path began with a doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency at Counseling & Psychological Services at Florida State University, where I was later privileged to serve as a licensed psychologist for 18 years.

My therapeutic approach is collaborative and client-centered, rooted in a commitment to being an ally to my clients. I strive to maintain a nonjudgmental, compassionate, and open-minded attitude in all my work. I have a particular passion for working with late adolescents and adults, focusing on holistic wellness that addresses both the mind and body. My practice incorporates elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Existential Psychotherapy, Positive Psychology, and strength-based solution-focused techniques.

While I am trained as a generalist and enjoy treating a wide range of issues, I have a special interest in men’s health, relationship concerns, identity, self-esteem, trauma, anxiety, depression, and addiction. I believe in empowering my clients to harness their strengths and navigate life’s challenges with resilience and confidence.

Outside of my professional work, I enjoy exercising, walking with my dog, cooking, and following English Premier League soccer games.

Freya Meraki, Psy.D.

Freya is passionate about mental health and wellbeing. She has experience as a therapist since 2011 and experience as a psychologist since 2017; before that, she worked as a case manager in community mental health, in a children’s residential facility, in a jail’s mental health program, and a program for adolescents transitioning into adulthood. As a psychologist, she has experience working with clients ages 13+ in a variety of outpatient settings including community mental health, private practice, non-profit counseling agencies, and a dual diagnosis residential facility. Freya has experience working with neurodivergent individuals, gender-diverse individuals, issues related to gender, alternative lifestyles, relational difficulties, substance use issues, severe and persistent mental illness, anger and abuse, individuals mandated to therapy, individuals on probation, identity exploration and difficulties, sexual health, executive functioning difficulties, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, stress management, mindfulness, and chronic pain and illness.

Freya approaches therapy from a neuroaffirming, holistic, person-centered, strengths-based, trauma-informed lens. Her values of collaboration, nonjudgment, safety, growth, empowerment, and science also influence her therapeutic style. She meets her clients where they’re at and works with them to create a warm, safe environment to explore, be curious, learn, practice, experiment, and test out new skills and ways of functioning. Freya believes everyone is doing the best they can with what they have (knowledge, skills, resources, support, energy, etc.) and that with willingness, people can improve and work towards living a life worth living, not just surviving day-to-day.

Throughout the therapeutic journey, Freya values the client’s expertise, insights, and knowledge to help guide therapy and form a working relationship. Freya’s therapeutic orientation is integrative and informed by evidence-based models including process-oriented, mind-body, and skills-based approaches. In therapy, depending on the client, their strengths, and their needs, she incorporates psychodynamic therapy, interpersonal process therapy (IPT), internal family systems therapy (IFS), emotion focused therapy (EFT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and psychoeducation.

In her free time, Freya enjoys spending time with loved ones, being in nature, learning, reading, crafting, painting, photography, games, listening to music, trying new things, and spoiling her fur-babes.

Janie Kiyokawa, LPC

Kippy Macklin, PMHNP

I have 30+ years of experience providing care for patients with mental health issues, the past 3 years as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. My passion for choosing this profession stems from the lack of understanding as well as the lack of providers to treat patients with mental health conditions. I love to use evidence-based practice and a holistic approach. I believe in the importance of establishing a patient-provider therapeutic relationship to ensure the best positive outcomes. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with family, reading, cooking, and baking.

Christina Rodriguez, LCSW

I am a Bilingual (English/Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19+ years of experience in Community Mental Health. I have been able to be of service to individuals of all walks of life and ages. I most enjoy working with individuals who are seeking to self-empower themselves thru the transformative therapeutic healing process. I believe that we are multifaceted in that we have a mind, body, and spirit that interact dynamically with each other. Therefore, it’s important to address all of our forms so that we can fully integrate the therapeutic work. My therapeutic orientation is eclectic. I am trained and use a variety of modalities such as Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (A.R.T), Strengths based Solution Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, and Person Centered Therapy among others. The most common areas I work with are anxiety, depression, trauma, bereavement, intra/interpersonal relationship challenges, insomnia, and other daily life challenges. I enjoy spending time with my family, being out in nature, and traveling to new places.