Shantel Whitfield, Professional Counselor Associate

Therapy is a place to learn, grow, and become connected to yourself. Only you know yourself and only you can better yourself.

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Insurances Accepted

• EOCCO OHP

• HealthShare OHP

• InterCommunity Health Network OHP

• Jackson Care Connect OHP

• Oregon Health Plan Open Card

• Pacific Source OHP

• Pacific Source Commercial

• Providence

• Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield

• Trillium Community Health Plan OHP

• Private Pay

Age of Client

• Ages 6 to 10

• Ages 11 to 13

• Ages 14 to 16

• Ages 17 to 19

• Adults,

Locations of Services (If Available)

• Telehealth

• Salem Office

My name is Shantel and I am a licensed practicing counselor associate in Salem, Oregon. As a mental health professional, I am most interested in finding the part of your life that feels off-balance and helping you find balance again.

I completed my Bachelors of Psychology at Oregon State University and completed my Masters in Forensic Psychology at Capella University.

I have worked with children, teens, and young adults in correctional and in residential facilities.

I specialize in working with individuals who have intellectual and cognitive disabilities as well as youth struggling with anger and behavioral issues. I use an eclectic approach that intertwines different approaches in order to target an area of your life that you feel is off-balance.

I integrate person-centered, strength-based, cognitive-behavioral, and play therapy in order to tailor what works best for you. When working with youth, I rely on family collaboration to encourage the youth to use the skills they have learned in therapy in their home environment.

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Sarah Smith LCSW

Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our most accurate measure of courage - Brené Brown

Before Booking

Please be Sure One Option From Each Section is True

Insurances Accepted

• EOCCO OHP

• HealthShare OHP

• InterCommunity Health Network OHP

• Jackson Care Connect OHP

• Moda

• Oregon Health Plan Open Card

• Pacific Source OHP

• Pacific Source Private Insurance

• Providence

• Regence BCBS

• Trillium Community Health Plan OHP

• United Health Care

• Private Pay

Age of Client

• Ages 11 to 13

• Ages 14 to 16

• Ages 17 to 19

Locations of Services (If Available)

• Telehealth

• Salem Office

Hello, my name is Sarah and I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I've been working as a mental health professional with youth and families for over 10 years. I can work with you individually or as a family unit to address a range of life challenges including anxiety, depression, healing from trauma, grief, and other life transitions. I love to incorporate creativity, mindfulness practices and self compassion in therapy.

I hold a masters degree in social work from Portland State University. My professional experience has included working with child and adolescent survivors of sexual abuse and their parents, individual and family therapist, school-based therapist, and school social worker.

My native language is English and my second language is Spanish. I lived two years in Spanish speaking countries, Spain and Ecuador, while studying and working. Although Spanish is not my native language, I have advanced proficiency in the language and have worked with many Spanish speaking families in family therapy and group counseling.

I look forward to meeting you!

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Nate Caulder, LCSW

Life is a series of unique stories about you. These stories define who you are and how you see the world. Sometimes these stories get in the way of our personal progression. Let's take a look at your life and see if we can make a happier story possible for you.

Before Booking

Please be Sure One Option From Each Section is True

Insurance Accepted

• Cigna

• EOCCO OHP

• HealthShare OHP

• InterCommunity Health Network OHP

• Jackson Care Connect OHP

• Kaiser Permanente

• Moda

• Oregon Health Plan Open Card

• Pacific Source OHP

• Pacific Source Private Insurance

• Private Pay

• Regence BCBS

• UHC United Health Care

Age of Clients

• Ages 11 to 13

• Ages 14 to 16

• Ages 17 to 19,

• Adults, Elders (65+)

Location of service

• Telehealth

Born and raised in Oregon, "a coastie," I made my way inland for college, graduating first from Chemeketa, then a short stint at WOU before graduating from Oregon State with a couple of BA degrees. After myriad jobs around the Salem area, I started on my Master's degree at Portland State.

My clinical focus revolves primarily around DBT, Narrative therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, with some dabbling in other modalities such as Terror Management Theory. My clinical experience comes from Chemawa Indian School, Salem Hospital, Willamette Valley Hospice and here, at Stronger Oregon. I primarily do individual therapy and occasionally couples therapy, too.

My drive is to understand you as best as possible, and to find root cause issues for what troubles you. My hope is that we will both learn from the experience and be better for it.

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Sarah Bingham, Professional Counselor Associate

To summarize my feelings about counseling...“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." - David W. Augsburger

Before Booking

Please be Sure One Option From Each Section is True

Insurances Accepted

• Aetna

• EOCCO OHP

• HealthShare OHP

• Jackson Care Connect OHP

• Kaiser Permanente

• MODA

• Oregon Health Plan Open Card

• Pacific Source OHP

• Pacific Source Commercial

• Providence

• Regence BCBS

• Private Pay

Age of Client

• Ages 0 to 6

• Ages 6 to 10

• Ages 11 to 13

• Ages 14 to 16

• Ages 17 to 19

• Adults

• Elders (65+)

Locations of Services (If Available)

• Telehealth

• Salem Office

I believe at their very core people have unique worth. I understand that when a person feels worthy their focus is less on survival and more on their own potential. I value the fact that seeking counseling and asking for help can be difficult. I understand as a counselor, it is a privilege and immense responsibility to enter in to another person's experience. I work together with my client toward the common goal of empowering them to find the internal strength and wisdom that already exists within them. To this end, I believe the client is the expert on themselves and as a counselor, I allow space to explore areas of their life that were either denied to awareness or distorted.

I honor diversity and advocate for people from all populations, with appropriate care given to people of color, people from low socio-economic status, people with disabilities, people that are from the LGBTQI+ population and people from a non-dominant language background. I believe that each individual has the right to find their purpose in life and know how finding their unique worth can affect their future possibilities.

Due to this philosophy I employ a comprehensive approach to counseling considering each individual’s needs. I utilize evidence-based techniques from Person-centered Theory to offer unconditional positive regard, warmth and openness; Narrative Therapy to understand that "the person is not the problem, but rather the problem is the problem,"; Gestalt therapy to bring awareness to what might be hidden from our view point; and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to understand distorted thoughts and how they impact your life. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy to offer empowerment and hope for those who have experienced trauma.

I hold a Masters in Counseling from Oregon State University, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate and a National Certified Counselor. I uphold confidentiality and understand policy, laws and ethical standards in regards to privacy. This means when an individual confides in me they can trust that they have arrived at a serious audience.

Stronger Oregon Admin Message:

Availability is updated once a day, or less, leading to your chosen provider possibly not being available. Please call for the most accurate information and fastest assignment.