Porshea Pendleton , LMFT

Porshea Pendleton is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Oregon with 24 years of experience in mental health work. She brings a respectful and compassionate approach and welcomes conversations about depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, eating concerns, bipolar symptoms, anger, and stress. Porshea also supports people who want coaching-style guidance alongside therapy.

She often adapts sessions to reflect each person's beliefs and values, including Christian faith when clients want that perspective included. Her work emphasizes practical steps clients can try between meetings. Porshea uses clear goals and a collaborative process so people know what the next steps are.

Clinical approaches she draws on include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gottman Method for couples work. In sessions she focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts, shifting patterns, and improving communication. When relationship concerns are raised she may bring Gottman ideas to strengthen connection and reduce conflict.

Porshea has additional experience addressing issues tied to abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, body image, cancer-related stress, codependency, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and aging. She also helps with coping after natural or human-caused disasters and with adjustment to blended family situations.

People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation, problem-focused strategies, and written or practical suggestions to try between sessions. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping clients make steady progress toward the goals they set together.

How CBT and Gottman Ideas Work Online

Porshea commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gottman Method in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. The Gottman Method centers on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and reducing conflict in relationships through practical exercises and structured conversations.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. They may try a few methods and adapt as progress is tracked, so the plan fits the person's needs.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps with flexible, ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care and to choose the format that works best for each person.