Gina Adorno,
Professional Counselor Associate, CADC-1

My job as a therapist is to help you meet your goals. Whether that includes a shift in perspective, change of habits, adding skills to your repertoire, or integrating the past to help you access your full self. Ultimately, I want to help you live the life you want.

I trust you with your own healthcare. I will respect you and be honest with you. Seeking out therapy shows that you are already invested in your own mental health, and I'm here to support you on your path.

My services.

  • What do I treat?

    Our time together will allow for the full nuance and complexity of who you are. We each hold many parts, and growth requires honoring and integrating all their complexities. While we will not be limited to single issues or treatments in our time together, here are a few of my specialties.

  • Mental Health Treatment.

    Here are some of the other issues I work with most often:

    Depression
    Anxiety
    Trauma
    Addiction
    ADHD - support, evaluation
    Autism - identity development, evaluation
    Complexities of giftedness/high IQ
    Adjusting to significant life changes, such as divorce and career

  • Autism and ADHD Evaluations

    I provide neurodivergence-affirming autism evaluations for adults. More information can be found here. Information for ADHD assessments coming soon.

  • Addiction/Recovery.

    I work with people looking to change to their relationship to substances. I provide a nonjudgmental space for you to clarify your goals and support you in reaching them. I can help with abstinence or moderation goals. If you don’t know what you want yet or if you are even ready to make a change, we’re good. We’ll talk it through, step by step, and get you where you want to go.

  • Autism/Aspergers.

    Being autistic is NOT a list of deficits. It is a neurotype that comes with gifts and difficulties in a world that prizes adherence to social norms (neurotypical folks can be so inflexible!). I can work with you on developing your autistic identity with a neurodivergence-affirming approach, any concerns related to autistic traits or advocating with others, or provide mental health treatment with an autism-informed approach. In our therapy, your neurotype will be respected and valued.

  • Compulsive eating.

    Food is fun, nourishing, and pleasurable. However, if food becomes the only way to manage your emotions, it can ruin the joy of it. If you have experienced the vicious effects of fat stigma, you may also need support reconnecting with your self-advocacy. I love supporting people with compulsive eating concerns from an intuitive eating, self-love-first perspective. Let’s get things feeling good for you and food.

I have an integrated treatment approach that draws from a broad range of influences. We do not have to adhere to one single modality. Rather, we will go where you and your care directs. Clinical terms for some of the theories I draw from the most are:

  • Strengths-based

  • Trauma-informed

  • Person-centered

  • Motivational interviewing

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

  • Internal family systems (IFS)

  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

  • EMDR

It’s lovely to meet you.

Hi, I’m Gina (she/her). I love what I do. My style is warm and supportive, flowing between focused emotional support and playful levity as needed.

I am respectful, supportive of your autonomy and well-being, and can help you process the impact of events that may be holding you back from being fully in your life, or support you in making changes that you know will help you, but you haven’t been able to quite get there on your own.

My first career was in singing opera and teaching music. When I taught vocal technique, I was always listening for that beautiful natural sound that each person has within them, and worked with them to identify and release the tensions that prevented its fullest expression. We practiced exercises to allow each part of their instrument to come forward, for the voice to have the support it needed, and the sound to reach its potential. Working with me as a therapist is working towards the most natural, full, and powerful expression of yourself.

The work we do together takes your whole context into account - your social locations, cultural background, and your perspective on how they influence you. My social locations: I am a white heterosexual cisgender female, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC ally. Sex positive, adamantly gender affirming, and kink & poly friendly.

Background

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, addiction specialization, Lewis & Clark College
Counselor Internship, Kaiser Permanente Addiction Medicine
Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor I, Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon
(MHACBO)
Certified Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, AADP
Master of Music (opera), Peabody Conservatory of Music

* Location — The beautiful Pacific Northwest

* The office — We meet online. Make yourself at home