Teresa Northy

With a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Portland State University, Teresa provides individual and family therapy services. She is licensed through the Oregon Board of Social Workers and partners with Mindful Therapy Group for supervision, scheduling, and billing. Teresa's approach is client-centered, empathic, strength-based, trauma-informed, and nurturing, making her a suitable fit for clients of all ages, stages, and walks of life. Her specialties include anxiety, chronic pain and illness, codependency, coping skills, depression, relationships and conflict, grief, infertility, trauma, self-harming or ideation, and spirituality. She also offers modalities such as cognitive behavior therapy, supportive therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, emotion-focused motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, psychodynamic theory, solution-focused brief therapy, and strength-based client-centered attachment theory and family systems theory. Beautiful Beginnings Counseling and Wellness, LLC serves individuals, teens, adults, elders, families, and communities from diverse backgrounds, including ethnic groups, racial justice, allied non-binary, queer and LGBTQ+, transgender, disability, and cultural humility. The practice prioritizes accessibility and offers sliding scale fees and insurance billing through their partnership with Mindful Therapy Group.