OUR CLINICIANS

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  • Is approved by the Board of Social Workers of Oregon to practice psychotherapy as a Clinical Social Work Associate, CSWA. For over 10 years Krista has worked with women and children in settings including day shelters for unhoused individuals and children, transitional housing programs for parenting teens, youth outpatient care, community mental health and most recently integrated behavioral health in a community reproductive health clinic. Krista received her Master’s in clinical Social Work degree from Portland State University.  Grounded in social work values, Krista is passionate about women’s mental health topics and completed specialized advanced training in perinatal mental health.

    Krista incorporates evidence-based therapy modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support clients in identifying and challenging limiting beliefs or unhelpful patterns of thought or behavior that get in the way of living in alignment with one’s values and experiencing satisfaction and fulfillment. Krista also draws on feminist theory to illuminate the ways in which gendered socialization and cultural constructs can impact women’s daily lives and self-concept. Her approach is collaborative and honors her client’s innate wisdom and capacity for identifying solutions to presenting challenges.

    Particular areas of interest include motherhood and parenting topics, significant life changes, identity and role transitions, grief and loss, anxiety and mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum, improving self-esteem and self-acceptance, and self-expression and communication development. 

  • Alicia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been privileged to work in the fields of community health and mental health for over 25 years. She is a co-founder and owner of Bridges to Well-Being. Alicia finds deep meaning in staying connecting to clients in her private practice. Alicia provides the most comprehensive client centered care by making deep connections with each person she serves. Alicia’s primary interventions are CBT, ACT, EMDR and Solution Focused Therapy. Alicia focuses on caring for those impacted by trauma, grief, low self esteem, body image issues, people in life transitions, depression and anxiety. Alicia uses trauma informed practices woven with empathy and humor. When Alicia isn’t working, you can find her enjoying time with her family, her multitude of pets and gardening on her homestead. Alicia is only able to see clients virtually due to a recent relocation.

  • Is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been working with people in mental health, schools and social service settings for the past 20 years. After earning her Master’s degree in Counseling from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon in 2005, she has worked in community mental health, partial hospital treatment, school-based mental health programs and private practice. Amy transitioned into a Co-owner role at Bridges to Well-Being in 2024 in addition to maintaining her private practice with Bridges since it’s foundation.

    Amy works with her clients using a strengths-based and collaborative approach. She helps clients identify their goals, explore core experiences contributing to current challenges and work to heal, grow and thrive. She has particular interest in the areas of self-compassion, body image, women’s issues and working with the LGBTQ community. Amy has experience with a variety of life concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, self-image, trauma, disordered eating and parenting concerns. She uses an eclectic approach in therapy including evidence-based treatment such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectial Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Motivational Interviewing.

    Amy enjoys a limited private practice to ensure dedicated care to her clients, be able to serve as Co-owner of Bridges to Well-Being as well as maintain work/life balance. She has an office part-time in Medford and Ashland and can provide virtual telementalhealth.

    She enjoys spending time with her family and pets, exploring the outdoors and finding time to rest and play!

  • Is approved by the Board of Counselors and Therapists to practice counseling as a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate LPCA. She worked for 14 years as a dance instructor and choreographer in the pre-professional world. Monica worked with children, teens, and adults utilizing leadership, creativity, and adaptation in her everyday work. Creativity comes naturally to her and will be a part of her work as a counselor. Monica received her Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University. The foundation of her education is social justice, understanding how to advocate for clients, and meeting clients where they are from week to week. Monica is passionate about working with those who struggle with grief and loss, disordered eating, body image concerns, narcissistic abuse, trauma, mental health issues specific to women, along with anxiety and/or depression that we all deal with on a daily basis.

    Monica incorporates evidence based counseling modalities including Restoration Therapy, Feminist Theory, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), and creativity in counseling to support clients in processing their feelings as they relate to pivotal experiences and patterns that can get in the way of living a satisfying and fulfilling life. Her approach is to meet clients where they are and work alongside clients to identify those patterns as well as find solutions to ongoing and/or presenting challenges.

    Monica is a single parent to an 8-year-old little boy who is the light and love of her life. She tries her best to live in the moment and enjoy the little things in life.

  • Is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years experience in direct practice rooted in a commitment to social justice, health equity, and direct service. After completing her Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Kelli built a foundation of clinical practice, supervisor and training experience, and administrative leadership in behavioral health and substance use treatment integration at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Chicago, IL. Kelli moved to the southern Oregon coast in the spring of 2020. In Oregon (as well as in Chicago), Kelli works as a Behavioral Health Consultant in primary care where she provides care for young adults, adults, and families experiencing a broad spectrum of symptoms and stressors that impact their health. 

     She is adept at helping clients to build skills and capacity to manage their lives and relationships through cognitive-behavioral techniques (such as CBT and DBT), mindfulness and acceptance based strategies (including ACT), motivational interviewing, brief solution-focused therapy, and other evidence-based approaches. She is trained in trauma-focused therapies including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and she integrates her training as a Certified Yoga Instructor as appropriate.  She has particular interest in trauma, chronic disease management, stress reduction, co-occuring mental health and substance use disorders, group therapy, and the mind-body connection. Her clinical work and personal practices remind Kelli to approach her clients, relationships, and daily experiences with compassion, gratitude, care, and play.  

  • Is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. He was trained at Sofia University where he received a Masters in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in creative expression. He worked primarily with children and teenagers in community health and with HeadStart. After graduating in 2013 and briefly working as an associate therapist, Demir wanted to take therapy out of the confines of the therapy office and into as many places as he could. For 11 years, he operated his own business as a whole person running coach, couples coach, life coach, summer camp organizer and facilitator, massage therapist, tai chi and qigong instructor, and mobility and strength trainer. As Demir worked in the world of mind, body, and spirit, the desire to focus on therapy specifically crystallized as his awe and delight of the possibilities of therapeutic change grew ever larger.

    Demir is currently training as a sex therapist via the Institute of Relational Intimacy. He works with couples and has done training in Emotional Focused Therapy for Couples, and is currently doing trainings in ISTDP for Couples and in the Developmental Model. With individuals, Demir draws primarily on Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)- a powerful psychodynamic approach designed to create lasting change. As a pansexual man, Demir is LGBTQ+ friendly and loves to support that population. He only offers telehealth options.

    Demir loves to empower clients to be able to deeply contact and understand themselves in order to be at true choice in every moment in their lives.

  • Is a licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience. She was trained at the California Institute of Integral Studies specializing in Expressive Arts Therapy & Transpersonal Psychology, as well as the Child Therapy Institute of Marin in Jungian psychotherapy. She has a wide variety of clinical expertise in practical settings and is passionate about empowering people to develop the everyday tools they need not only to survive but thrive in this challenging and beautiful world. Martha’s foci includes gender-responsive trauma-informed treatment as well as a unique style combining Cognitive Behavioral techniques with solution oriented therapy. Martha’s approach includes the opportunity to look deeper into one’s Self if the desire is there. She is dedicated to addressing the roots of personal and collective trauma while acknowledging the critical role of systemic forms of oppression on individual wellbeing. Martha believes it is an honor and a privilege when someone shares their thought process and life experience with her. She believes that within every crisis is an opportunity for personal growth and transformation. She holds a Masters Certificate in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from Harvard Medical School. In 2023 she completed the training program at The Center for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research at CIIS. She is currently passionate about the hybrid of the Internal Family Systems model and Psychedelic Medicines. She is undergoing training at the Internal Family Systems Institute.