Weekly therapy and Family Intensives in Portland, Oregon

Sometimes it feels like nothing you are doing is working. Your child is melting down, shutting down, or pushing everyone away. Your family feels stuck in the same painful patterns. You feel like you are just surviving the day rather than feeling connected to your children and partner. We want you to know: it can feel better.

Whether you are seeking support for your child, teen, family, or self, therapy at With Connection is active, thoughtful, and focused. Together, we will make sense of what is happening beneath the surface and build practical, lasting change that extends far beyond the therapy room.

We offer weekly therapy and Family Therapy Intensives in person in our office in NE Portland. We offer telehealth therapy throughout Oregon.

Who We Work With

Maybe your child is neurodivergent and struggling to find their voice within our neurotypical world; maybe your child experienced early trauma; maybe your child spent time in foster care or is adopted; maybe your child was exposed to drugs in-utero; maybe you are a new parent wanting to figure out who you are in this new role; or maybe you are a teacher working with children and families experiencing each of these things. Whatever the reason, we are glad you are here.

“Katie and Helene are truly two of my greatest teachers in the world of early parenting.”
— Mother of two

How we help

Child therapy

We offer child therapy and family therapy in our NE Portland office. Helping children and families feel safe, understood, and confident, while making lasting change.

Family Therapy

Strengthening relationships, reducing conflict, and helping families navigate life's most challenging seasons, together.

Family Therapy Intensives

Focused, collaborative support for families ready to make meaningful progress in days instead of months.

Therapy for parents

We offer telehealth therapy for parents in Oregon as well as in-person therapy at our NE Portland office. We help parents reclaim joy and balance in their lives by healing from past trauma and navigating the everyday challenges of parenting.

Therapy For foster & Adoptive families

We are passionate about supporting foster and adoptive families as they navigate the myriad of feelings that can arise at all stages of the foster and adoption process.

Perinatal Mental HealtH

We offer perinatal mental health and reproductive therapy to support individuals through fertility challenges, pregnancy, postpartum transitions, reproductive loss and after abortion support— our perinatal mental health therapist will walk alongside you during every stage of your reproductive journey.

CIRCLE OF SECURITY™ And PARENTING SUPPORt Groups

Our parenting classes and support groups are designed to build community between families. Join us, and other parents with kids just like yours, in finding ways to be the attuned parent you want to be.

Conferences, workshops and Keynotes

Helping educators make challenging behavior make sense through engaging keynotes, workshops, and consultation.


Areas of specialty

  • Grief

  • Trauma

  • Adoption

  • Foster Care

  • School difficulties

  • Challenging behaviors

  • Perinatal Mental Health

  • Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)

  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)

  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)

  • Supporting neurodivergent children/families (ADHD, Autism, PDA, gifted, 2E, etc.)