Lawrence Venaska (He/Him)

LCSW

I enjoy supporting people to have the best life possible by reducing suffering, increasing support and assisting them in growing as desired.

Psychotherapist in Portland, OR

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

I enjoy working with a variety of issues and clients and specialize in addictions & recovery, codependency/relationship/Intimacy/attachment issues and developmental trauma. I work with money issues frequently and help clients have a healthy relationship to money and increase their financial independence. I help entrepreneurial clients with their unique struggles to achieve their goals. I work with outside pressure from families, community, society, and oppressive forces that impact people daily.

My Background and Approach

I have a bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Social Work and have had significant training in Human Sexuality, Hakomi, EMDR and Motivational Interviewing. I help people in relation to their environment, their biology and their particular patterns of adaptation from growing up in their unique families, communities and culture. I assist clients in taking their end goals and breaking them down into achievable chunks they gain succeed in achieving and gain confidence & momentum while doing so. I focus a lot on helping people accurately assess their arousal (stress) level and to be able to be versatile in self regulating in a variety of situations they encounter. For traumas I can help clients resolve them in a variety of ways including desensitization, mindfulness, parts work and using clearing tools like EMDR. I am always learning and growing as a therapist and incorporate all I can into working with people in a down to earth personable, and collaborative approach.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I have a strong interest in the overzealous social control factors in society including a long study of the excessive use of force by police, overzealous therapists who over report based on a liability focused stance on mandated reporting, excessive use of psychiatric medications as a primary treatment focus and on treating clients as treatment resistant due to the failure of their own treatment modalities. I also like to help people learn to have a healthy relationship to money, time and their own life energy as valuable resources they can learn to regulate to their best benefit and achieve a more satisfying life.

Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
  • Medicare
  • OHP Open Card
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Atheism
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Wicca/Paganism
  • Interfaith
  • Multifaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 26 years of practice
  • Languages: English, Tagalog
  • Rate: $125 - 150/session

Info

503-284-3847 Email Lawrence
1727 NE 13th Ave.
Suite 201
Portland, OR 97212

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