Michael Pollet
Psychotherapist
“Our work begins with building a strong therapeutic relationship. We'll work to uncover the unconscious conflicts and patterns maintaining your struggles and explore the underlying causes of your challenges. This process promotes the insight needed to interact more effectively with the world and develop strategies to manage the forces shaping your choices. My goal is to create a space where you are safe to explore the uncomfortable. I welcome humor in therapy and offer a warm, judgment-free environment, where we can work together to navigate challenges, uncover your strengths, and make meaningful changes.”
About Me
I work with people navigating anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. You may feel stuck in patterns you’re ready to break free from but unsure how to start. Using the collaborative LifeMaps treatment plan, we will explore how your past has shaped your present and work to build self-awareness, uncover strengths, and foster change. My experience as a gay man raised in the South gives me a unique perspective that informs my understanding of cultural and family dynamics, which I bring to our work together.
Approach
Sessions move at your pace, pairing careful listening with gentle inquiry to help uncover patterns that shape how you feel and relate. I offer work in Portland or via secure video in English, and I tend to blend reflective, psychodynamic exploration with practical experiments between meetings so insight can ripple into day-to-day life. Together we map transitions, test new responses to anxiety or low mood, and strengthen your sense of self. This approach often fits adults facing change, identity questions, or persistent worry.
Contact Michael
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Basic Information
Services
Services Offered:
- •Psychodynamic Therapy
Works With:
- •Adults
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Life Transitions
- •Anxiety
- •Mood Disorder
- •LGBTQI+ Support
- •Personal Development
- •Self-Esteem
Professional Title:
- •Psychotherapist
Qualifications
Portland State University