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Nora Church

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Nora Church, LPC, LMHC

Oregon

LPC LMHC - Family and parenting concerns

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About

  • Attachment-based work
  • CBT for anxiety
  • Grief support

About Nora

Nora Church is an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, and an LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, practicing in Oregon with 10 years of experience. She works with people facing parenting strains, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, anxiety, and stress. Nora also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, LGBT concerns, and caregiving stresses.

She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships affect everyday conflicts. Nora uses client-centered listening so people can describe their story without labels. She brings cognitive behavioral techniques to help with anxious thoughts and sleep or eating struggles, and narrative and psychodynamic ideas for sorting through repeated patterns and long-standing conflicts.

Much of her work has involved parents, adoptive and foster care situations, and people caring for older relatives. She has experience with blended family issues and supporting parents of children with disabilities. Nora also has background helping people cope with abandonment, infidelity, jealousy, and communication problems within family relationships.

Sessions typically focus on practical steps people can use at home. That might mean practicing new ways to talk about hard topics, trying short behavioral experiments, or mapping family patterns that keep repeating. She moves at a pace the person is comfortable with and avoids stigmatizing labels.

Nora aims to help people feel heard and understood while they work through change. She encourages clear goals and small, manageable changes that fit daily life. To begin, readers should confirm current session formats before scheduling.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Nora uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape reactions and communication. This approach helps when people want to understand repeated family patterns or improve how they relate to a partner or parent. She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person says. That helps someone clarify priorities and feel understood while deciding next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used for practical skills to manage anxiety, sleep, eating, and unhelpful thoughts through short exercises and behavior changes. Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust over time. Nora will help choose which ideas to emphasize based on what feels most useful for daily life and family responsibilities. Please confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work, school, or caregiving duties.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesInfidelityIntellectual disabilityJealousyMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Smoking / vaping cessation

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Narrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Oregon, Washington

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of family or parenting issues does she help with?

She helps with parenting strain, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care matters, parenting a child with a disability, and caregiver stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses client-centered listening and attachment-based ideas, combined with cognitive behavioral and narrative approaches to address thoughts, habits, and relationship patterns.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 10 years of professional experience working in counseling and related roles.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is an LPC and an LMHC licensed in Oregon according to the provided credential details.

Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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