Dr. Cormier Castañeda is a licensed psychologist in Oregon. She has worked in a wide range of clinical settings including a behavioral agency, medical center, community mental health clinic, private practice and university counseling centers with a broad range of ages and diverse backgrounds. Her style is warm, collaborative, empathically-attuned and supportive. Clients find her to be gentle, compassionate and spacious. She uses a relational, trauma-informed approach to therapy and places emphasis on relationship as an area of transformation. She listens closely to your experiences and strives to cultivate room for deep reflection, meaning-making and self-examination. Dr. Cormier Castañeda offers individual therapy with adults and adolescents.  Her areas of specialization include life transitions, trauma, relationship issues, grief, identity development, family stress/conflict, depression and anxiety. She believes change occurs through trusting your internal wisdom, increasing self-compassion, making contact with inner experiences and adopting a stance of curiosity.