rekindling connection and illuminating the path forward

relational, sex-positive therapy for humans in Portland, Oregon

Are you feeling called to make a change?

The call for change in your relationship may feel like:

  • Repetitive, unsatisfying conflicts that leave you feeling hurt, confused or frustrated

  • Fear that pain from your past will interfere in future connection with your partner

  • Worry that relationship therapy would be too much too soon, or too little too late for your concerns

  • Confusion or shame about the disconnection growing between you and your partner

  • Deep longing and nostalgia for previous chapters of your relationship

The call for change in your sex life may feel like:

  • Distressing levels of anxiety, dread, or boredom when you think about initiating sex

  • Uncertainty and shame always eclipse your desire to improve your sex life

  • Fantasies about exploring aspects of your sexuality that previously felt off-limits

  • Feeling disconnected from desire or having trouble maintaining excitement in the bedroom

  • Craving more intimacy and connection with your partner

The good news is, change is inevitable!
Unless you’ve developed time-stopping technology.

The bad news is, change is rarely comfortable, especially at first!

Can you relate? Are you feeling the discomfort of the call to change?

Creating meaningful lives and fulfilling relationships requires embracing growth when we are called to it

…but holy guacamole, this is much easier said than done!

Change is hard.
Therapy can help!

I’m eager to collaborate with you in supporting and nurturing the growth you seek in your life!

Embracing growth in your relationship could result in:

  • You and your partner feeling heard and understood by one another when you communicate

  • More easily navigating past and future pain points while maintaining connection with your partner

  • Healing anxious and insecure relationship patterns to cultivate a sense of relationship security

  • Reconnecting with your authentic self and your values within your relationship

  • You and your partner beginning a new chapter together, building a life you love to share

Embracing growth in your sex life could result in:

  • Breaking free from patterns of sexual anxiety and connecting with desire and pleasure

  • Feeling able to embrace the intimacy of communicating your sexual preferences to a partner

  • New feelings of confidence and excitement around exploring various aspects of your sexuality

  • Disarming shame and reclaiming the empowerment of healthy sexuality

  • Sexual intimacy with your partner feeling more pleasurable, joyful and connective

Take the first step of your journey—

embrace the growth that calls you!

THEY/SHE

I’m Tyne!
Your relational therapist and fellow human person.

I am passionate about helping people connect and harness their innate abilities to build meaningful, loving relationships. I bring a radically curious, expansive, and always-compassionate energy into this work. I understand what it’s like to be in the midst of relationship challenges, and I’ve experienced the juicy-goodness of life with a foundation of relationship fulfillment. I bring my personal and professional strengths to our collaborative therapy space, drawing on skills from previous careers in outdoor education and theater in addition to clinical training and knowledge from my Masters’ degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, during which I specialized in Sexuality and pursued sex therapy training. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate registered in the state of Oregon under the supervision of Justin Rock, LPC, LMFT.

My Approach

I use intimacy from the inside out-flavored Internal Family Systems therapy

WHAT ON EARTH DOES THAT MEAN?
We are all complicated, multi-faceted people! We naturally lean into different parts of ourselves as needed. Who you are as a coworker is different from who you are as a partner. This is an awesome, adaptive thing, but it gets us into trouble when more reactive parts are built to grab the steering wheel in stressful situations to keep us safe! I help folks to understand and build relationships with these reactive parts of us, so our adult selves can stay in the drivers' seat in tough times. When I work with relationships, I believe attending to this deep personal work with each individual in the room is especially valuable, as it helps to create shared language and understanding around what parts of each of us reach for the steering wheel when relational challenges arise! This means we’re always going to have conversations about how we’re feeling about discussing a topic before we get started discussing the topic itself. If this line of questioning sounds challenging, it might be helpful for you to explore, but if it sounds intolerable, I’m likely not the therapist for you! If you and your people need help understanding what is coming up for you, and hearing one another fully, my therapeutic style could be a great fit for your goals!

…with a bit of nontraditional Attachment work

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
I find value in the roots of attachment theory, but the way it is wielded in pop-psychology often has folks believing their insecurities are some type of inevitable or inescapable result of their upbringing, rather than something we can grow and heal from. I believe it is true that if we do not have our needs responded to consistently and kindly throughout the first few years of our brain's development, it can have a long-lasting impact on how we respond to our own needs and the needs of others. Few of us make it through these years without a few relational insecurities, as the first few years of a child’s life are often the toughest years for their parents’ relationship! My therapy uses attachment work to help folks identify their insecure patterns and heal the wounds that keep us coming back to them! I believe we each have the capacity to move toward relational security. Therapy can help you embark on this journey!

My Services

50 minute sessions for $150*

75 minute sessions for $175*

Regardless of whether we meet one on one or with your partner(s), face to face at my office downtown, or connect via telehealth from a confidential space via my secure online portal, I charge a flat rate based on session length. I do not currently accept insurance of any type.

*I currently have limited sliding scale slots available for 50 minute sessions as low as $100

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What do you want to know about me as your therapist? What do you look for on a website before you reach out? I would love to make this here webbed site a useful resource for my future clients, so please let me know if you have a Q for the upcoming FAQ section of this page! Please also reach out if you’d like to learn more about me and how I work, to find out if you’d be a good fit for Campfire Practice!