Portland Processwork Clinic began as the River’s Way Professional Clinic in 2010, created by a group of graduates from the Process Work Institute’s River’s Way Training Clinic. We changed our name to the Portland Processwork Clinic in June 2015 to celebrate five years of offering services.
All counselors at Portland Processwork Clinic have advanced training in Process Work, or hold masters degrees and a Diploma from the Process Work Institute in Portland. The Diploma is recognition that practitioners are competent to deliver high quality services in various specialty areas of process-oriented counseling.
All clinicians at Portland Processwork Clinic have case consultation with a senior Process Worker who is also a licensed clinical psychologist (PhD) and as a clinic we participate in counselor team supervision if you have concerns around that please let us know.
For an appointment or to find out about groups, please call 503-321-5002 or fill in our contact form.
Cathy Bernatt,
MA Leadership Studies, MA Conflict Facilitation & Organizational Change,
Process Work Diplomate
Cathy operates from a core belief that the wisdom and answers to all the challenges we encounter in being alive and being human lie within each individual, or within the systems of a relationship, team or organization. Her approach centers around helping people learn to “hunt” from within themselves and the systems that they are part of to find the nuggets of gold that elicit new wisdom and help unfold the challenges that show up at their doorstep into opportunities for growth and transformation. In addition to paying attention to what is happening in everyday reality, she helps take those she works with into their deepest dreaming to explore and get to know what is most unknown and what is wanting to happen.
Cathy’s professional work evolved by following an insatiable desire to develop deep awareness from the inside out and to help others in the world to do the same. She is a Certified Process Worker, a professional Facilitator, a Leadership, Relationship and Systems Coach and an Organizational Consultant.
Hellene Gronda, PhD,
Process Work Diplomate
Hellene has a life-long interest in personal and social change. Born in Greece, raised in Australia, and now living in Portland, Hellene brings over a decade of experience with body awareness practices, including meditation, yoga, bodywork and improvised dance. She has worked in crisis support for individuals and on the development of government policy.
Somehow life and being yourself isn’t always easy or simple. Through a warm, respectful connection, curiosity and belief in your potential, I will help you explore things that trouble you, figure out what is going on, and release hidden resources inside difficulties. This process can be uncomfortable, but it is worth it. Even the challenges of shame, fear, rage, loneliness, abuse and addictions can be transformed with patience. You will learn tools for tackling life challenges and for working with inner and outer conflicts.
Kara Wilde, MA,
Process Work Diplomate
Kara is a Certified Process Worker and has a Masters of Arts in Process Work. She has training in Environmental Studies and Natural Therapy that complements her counseling work. She loves finding ways to bring art, creativity and dreams into everyday life. She is interested in applying Process Work methods to relationship issues, health and body symptoms, and work difficulties. She works with individuals, couples and families to develop life skills and to find a sense of direction and meaning.
Imagine a world in which you develop awareness about your life journey. It’s all possible when you start to believe in your experiences and discover meaning in them. Together we can use creative ways to understand the path you are on. By opening up your viewpoint on what’s happening in your life you can develop options and new ways to flow with your life challenges.
Some of the approaches Kara uses include: awareness of lifestyle issues to make change, unfolding experiences to understand them more deeply, development of skills to work with conflicts, finding new ways to center ourselves and overcome worry and moods, discovering what life is about and enjoying what we have, living with fears and strategies for letting them go, and noticing where we are in the moment to become more present in our lives.
Michael Davidescu, MA,
Process Work Diplomate
Michael works as a supervisor and therapist. He serves individuals of all ages, couples, families, and organizations. Michael has over two decades of experience integrating a private practice as a counselor with explorations of modern dance, music, bodywork, meditation, nutrition, cooking, visual/multimedia arts, improvisational performances, social justice, men’s groups, cognitive behavioral therapies, complex trauma, altered/extreme states, dreamwork, creativity, and spirituality. When meeting clients, Michael’s supportive approach is heart-centered, playful, direct, and deeply respectful of their preferred pace and diverse needs. He loves to speak Romanian, English, French, Spanish, Hebrew, and enjoys learning your native language.
“To be in contact with what is going to appear next in life, you need to be lucid about what is within you, about sentient experience. If you notice your deepest Dreaming and the flirts that unfold from it, you become a diviner, sensing the hidden future.”
Arnold Mindell, Dreaming While Awake