As a licensed therapist in Oregon with two decades of experience, I specialize in supporting individuals through complex emotional landscapes. My practice centers on helping clients navigate challenges like depression, anxiety, relationship dynamics, grief, and personal growth. I offer compassionate, depth-oriented support for adults seeking meaningful transformation.
My therapeutic approach is holistic and tailored, addressing a wide range of life experiences—from workplace stress and relationship struggles to identity exploration and healing from past traumas. I'm particularly passionate about supporting individuals through transitions, helping them develop stronger self-understanding, communication skills, and emotional resilience.
I believe in creating a warm, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their inner world, challenge limiting beliefs, and cultivate self-compassion. My goal is to empower you to reconnect with your inherent strengths and move toward the life you envision for yourself.
Additional areas of focus: Coping with addictions, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Motivation, self esteem, and confidence, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family problems, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CA LCSW 20389
OR LCSW L3826
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When speaking with Dara, she gives me confidence and I value her advice and opinions. I have tried counseling before and dropped it after the 1st visit. Not her, I am completing my sessions and probably signing up for more.
Written on Jul 22, 2026 after therapy with Dara for 2 months on issues concerning coping with life changes
Dara has done a great deal to help me with my current struggles and asks a lot of introspective questions
Written on Jul 14, 2026 after therapy with Dara for 7 months on issues concerning relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and adhd
she’s the best. full stop.
Written on Mar 26, 2026 after therapy with Dara for 2 years and 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger management, and coping with life changes
Awesome, she's great patient and understanding she provides real life examples which are easy to relate to
Written on Mar 06, 2026 after therapy with Dara for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, anger management, and career difficulties
Very helpful in a dire time
Written on Oct 27, 2025 after therapy with Dara for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Dara has been the best therapist I’ve had in all of the years I’ve been going to therapy. She’s patient, strong, intelligent, and kind. When you need her to listen she does, when you need her to give you advice she’ll do it. She really meets my needs and I truly could not recommend her enough
Written on Aug 28, 2025 after therapy with Dara for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes