Uncharted
Reflections
Individual & Group Counseling for Young Adults with Anxiety, Childfree Humans & Grievers
Are you making attempts to navigate the complexity of adulthood, but struggling with day-to-day anxiety, worry, and stress?
Do social situations make you nervous and you find yourself avoiding them or enduring them with intense fear?
Are you struggling with self-criticism, unrealistic goals of perfectionism, or experiencing low self-worth?
Have you been through loss or are you navigating transitions in life that are disrupting your ability to focus on tasks and just get through the day? Do feelings of grief overtake you on the regular?
Do you desire more peace and satisfaction in your interpersonal relationships?
Are you making attempts to follow your own path and be your own person, but feeling challenged by expectations and pressures coming from yourself, your family, your community, or society at large?
Whether you answered yes to any of these questions or you are seeking support in processing your anxieties, wanting to address feelings of grief following losses or life transitions, or you are desiring improvements in living a more authentic life true to yourself, you are in the right place.
Hello & WElcome
My name is Bethaney. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, NARM-Certified Therapist, and the owner and operator of, Uncharted Reflections LLC, a counseling practice offering mental health services in person in East Multnomah County and online across the beautiful state of Oregon.
I am so glad you are here and look forward to exploring the possibility of working together. I truly enjoy my role as a counselor and helping professional. My work is often focused on supporting emerging young adults and adults across the lifespan in areas such as anxiety, grief and loss, self-esteem and confidence, and life transitions. These are areas of life that are near and dear to my heart. Ultimately, I do this work because I am passionate about humans and want to support you and others in living a life of authenticity and assist you in finding ways to thrive in this world that can be filled with hardships.
Scroll down for more info about me and the work I do!
Bethaney Clark (she/her), MA, LPC, NARM-Certified Therapist
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Supporting you in gaining greater access to your authentic self and living a life true to who you are with confidence is my ‘why’ behind doing this work.
- Bethaney
working together
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Before beginning counseling services at Uncharted Reflections, you can expect to engage in a complementary consult call with me to determine if we will be a good fit to work together.
From there, if a good fit is determined, you will complete intake documents and set up an initial session. The new client intake form is fairly extensive so we can jump right into action during your first session. We will begin to build rapport and co-create relevant goals or intentions for the therapeutic process.
From here, most clients choose to engage in weekly or bi-weekly appointments. If desiring more maintenance-based checks ins, we may decide to work together on a monthly basis.
Depending on your presenting concerns and the intensity of your experiences, the duration of counseling will vary. Some clients attend services for a couple months, during a specific life event, off and on for a particular time period, or some for multiple years as the dive deep into the many layers of their life and self. You can expect to collaborate with me on what works best for you and your situation.
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First and foremost, I am a relational human and likewise a relational-based counselor. I prioritize the therapeutic connection and strive to create a safe, welcoming, supportive, and growth-oriented environment.
I foundationally work from a Client-Centered Therapy approach, and incorporate modalities such as Existential Therapy and NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) - See below for more info on NARM.
My own life story and experiences influence the areas of focus I am passionate about in my practice. Firsthand experience with anxiety, choosing to be childfree intentionally, and grief and loss are parts of who I am individually and as a clinician.
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NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) is a form of therapy focused on treating developmental, attachment, and relational trauma.
Most humans experience some form of trauma at some point during their lives, even if it is not overt. This can result in the development of adaptive survival strategies that make sense at the time of adversity and can become increasingly distressing later in life.
Often the same strategies that were once helpful and made sense at the time, maybe even helping us survive, can eventually become unhelpful or get in the way of ideal functioning.
The NARM approach assists you in identifying these patterns, reinforces your own agency, and helps you increase access to your authenticity, often resulting in healing, growth, and improved functioning.
Above all else, it is a relational model which prioritizes the therapeutic relationship dynamic that in and of itself can promote healing and growth.
FOCUS AREAS
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ANXIETY
Explore and learn strategies for befriending your anxiety and access increased peace, self-compassion, and congruence in your life.
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Grief & loss
Access a safe processing space to honor your losses and feelings of grief, or explore the ins and outs of life's transitions.
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Confidence & Self-Esteem
Utilize here and now approaches to better understand how you relate to and see yourself. Explore and develop ways to improve your self-concept.
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Childfree Individuals
Have you decided to live an intentionally childfree life? Perhaps you are thoughtfully trying to decide if the role of parenting is right for you. Either way, you will be invited to explore the decision making process and lifestyle factors of this big, important choice.
P.S. There are no child-hating stances that exist within this practice.
