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Westley Starling
Therapy with Westley
Have you been wanting therapy but are worried about getting misgendered or having to educate an out-of-touch therapist? Or maybe you’re neurodivergent and want a therapist who’s neurodiversity-affirming and isn’t working from a super outdated model of autism?
My name is Westley (he/him). I’m a nonbinary trans man, I’m neurodivergent myself, and I’m a therapist who wants to give you a different experience in therapy than you’ve maybe previously had. I’m also a great fit for folks who are still taking COVID precautions and don’t want that to be diagnosed as anxiety, or for anyone who feels easily overwhelmed by difficult feelings and thoughts and wants to learn a new way of navigating those experiences. I’m also polyamory-friendly, kink-friendly, and comfortable with a variety of unconventional family structures.
I offer services through TeleHealth with limited in-person availability.
MY SPECIALTIES:
ADHD and AUTISM
ANXIETY
CHRONIC ILLNESS
GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE
OCD
TRAUMA
MY APPROACH:
I AM COMMITTED TO EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
One of the things I offer in therapy is to help you identify and unravel internalized or deeply ingrained racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, toxic masculinity, and more.
I see therapy as a highly collaborative process, so if something isn’t working for you, let’s change it! My goal is to create a space where you feel safe enough to work through whatever it is you need to, to look at yourself and your life with more clarity, and to learn and practice some new skills if that’s relevant. Therapy is also a space for you to be absolutely and totally yourself, so that means you can swear, laugh, cry, get angry, infodump, or whatever else as long as it’s not harming either of us.
Methods and therapeutic frames of reference I draw upon include:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment Theory
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Collaborative Problem-Solving
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Existential Theory
Family Systems Theory
Inner Child/Parts Work
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Nonviolent Communication
Person-centered Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Solution-focused Brief Therapy
Strengths-based Approach
MY TRAINING:
EDUCATION
MSW, George Fox University
BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, George Fox University
LICENSURE
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Oregon (L11836)
I am a licensee in good standing to practice clinical social work in the state of Oregon.
I uphold the ethical values and standards of the National Association of Social Workers.
INSURANCE:
I am an in-network provider for the following plans:
Aetna (except Medicare plans)
CareOregon/Healthshare (OHP)
Columbia Pacific CCO (OHP)
Jackson Care Connect (OHP)
Kaiser Permanente Northwest (Oregon and SW Washington)
Moda (except OHP and Legacy)
OHP Open Card
Yamhill Community Care (YCCO) (OHP)
Out of Network (OON)
Private Pay
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