Porshea Pendleton, LMFT
Compassionate, faith-informed therapist focused on practical tools
Book with PorsheaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
How Porshea works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Oregon
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Porshea
Porshea Pendleton, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Oregon with 24 years of experience in mental health care. She draws on a faith-informed perspective for clients who want to explore their relationship with God. She meets people where they are and works with common struggles like depression, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, eating concerns, bipolar symptoms, and anger.
Her approach centers on practical conversations and clear goals.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also brings principles from the Gottman Method when relationship issues are part of the work. Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and goals.
Porshea takes a warm, respectful tone and emphasizes treating people with sensitivity and compassion. She offers coaching-style support when clients want tools for life changes or clearer direction. Discussions move at a steady pace and focus on real-world steps clients can use between sessions.
She has worked across many concerns beyond the main specialties, including abandonment, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, body image, cancer-related stress, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and coping with disasters. That breadth comes from many years in clinical practice. People can expect a collaborative process where goals and plans are tailored to their situation.
The therapist asks questions, shares observations, and offers techniques that match what a person hopes to change. Progress is measured in practical ways and reviewed as therapy continues.
What Porshea works with
Everything Porshea lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Porshea's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Porshea lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online work and practical relationship tools
Porshea uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck. CBT focuses on small experiments and new ways of thinking that can reduce anxiety, lift mood, or lessen anger reactions.She also draws on the Gottman Method when relationship concerns are present. That approach looks at communication patterns, ways to rebuild trust, and clear skills for managing conflict and increasing connection.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will review a person’s goals, preferences, and symptoms and then suggest a plan. Together they adjust techniques as progress is tracked and needs change.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for deeper work, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, and live chat or text messaging fit shorter check-ins or between-session support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and daily routines while keeping the focus on practical change.
Questions people ask about Porshea
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Porshea works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, intimacy-related issues, depression, eating concerns, anger, bipolar symptoms, and coaching needs. She also supports people facing attachment issues, body image, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and related challenges.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals, conversations that identify patterns, and techniques people can use between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oregon with 24 years of experience in mental health care across a range of concerns and settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
Porshea holds the LMFT credential and practices from Oregon. The listing notes her license as OR LMFT.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.