Michael

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.
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Basic Information

Services

Services Offered:

Works With:

  • •Adults

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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    Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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    Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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    Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

    Learn more about Mood Disorder
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    LGBTQI+ Support

    The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.

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    Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

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    Self-Esteem

    A person's overall sense of their own worth and value. When chronically low, it can drive self-doubt, avoidance, and difficulty in relationships.

    Learn more about Self-Esteem

Professional Title:

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    Psychotherapist

    A professional trained to provide in-depth therapy that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting change.

Qualifications

Portland State University

Registrations

National Provider Identifier

Service Area

Portland, Oregon Office

In-person & Online

Kerns

Portland, Oregon

United States