Porshea Pendleton, LMFT

Porshea Pendleton, LMFT, has worked in mental health for many years and brings a faith-informed perspective for clients who request it. She helps people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, and other challenges. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, and she aims to meet each person where they are.

With 24 years of experience, she draws on methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gottman Method for relationship-focused work. She frames goals with each person and shapes conversations to fit the needs that come up in sessions. When faith is important to a client, she weaves those beliefs into the work as requested.

Porshea listens for practical patterns that keep someone stuck and offers small, concrete steps to try between meetings. Sessions often include talking through thoughts and behaviors, practicing new ways of relating, and setting short-term goals. She also supports people facing grief, eating concerns, anger, bipolar-related struggles, and challenges tied to adoption, attachment, or caregiving.

Her additional focus areas include communication problems, codependency, body image, cancer-related stress, and adjusting after divorce or separation. She also aids people coping with natural or human-caused disasters and those dealing with dissociation or dependent personality concerns. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort.

Porshea is based in Oregon and offers services in English. If someone wants to begin, they complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions through the Start Therapy flow.

How Porshea Uses CBT and Gottman Work Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In sessions this looks like naming unhelpful thought patterns and trying new, practical strategies to change how someone reacts to stress or anxiety. The Gottman Method centers on communication and interaction patterns in relationships, offering concrete skills for better listening, managing conflict, and rebuilding trust.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they decide whether CBT techniques, Gottman-focused exercises, faith-informed discussions, or a mix fits best for the work ahead.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and enabling work from a quieter place or between other commitments. Licensed professionals can use these flexible arrangements to continue consistent progress without promising a particular session type.