Pine Light Counseling
Be seen, move your story forward
Therapy and support for the whole you
- Welcome to Pine Light Counseling! -
I believe we all hold the capacity to grow and move toward a life of health and happiness. Social, cultural, and family systems influence our perspective, and how we connect to ourselves and with those around us. Sometimes our bodies betray us. Sometimes we need to heal from--or at least learn to carry--past traumas or losses. In other words, context matters. Whether recent circumstances are challenging, or aspects of the past need to be reconciled and faced, I am here to help you move closer to your goals. I provide therapy for a wide range of adult individuals and couples, including working through managing communication, anxiety and trauma. I also specialize in grief, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness.
Scheduling updates!
Appointments are currently telehealth throughout all of Oregon and Washington. Please inquire for availability of appointments or waitlist status. We hope to resume in person options soon!
Other Happenings!
- I'm so excited to be attending the Dougy Center's Summer Institute for grief and loss counselors! I've facilitated or co-facilitated adult grief processing groups there for several years now and it's a special place, near and dear to my heart.
- It was an honor to be asked to write two chapters for the soon to be published textbook on trauma-informed mental healthcare produced through the Trauma Research Institute. The chapters are (working titles): Physiology of Trauma: Looking beyond the symptoms at the way the body holds and heals from trauma; and the other is Refugees and Immigrants in America: A look at the often compounded, fractured, and layered nature of trauma unique to this experience.
- I'm really looking forward to facilitating a loss processing group with my colleague Aimee Frazier at the 33rd annual Healing After Suicide Loss Conference through the American Association of Suicidology.
About Kir Rian
These beautiful, unpredictable, messy moments of life shape us, and I've learned that defining who we are through these moments helps us build the life we want. It's hard work. I help people navigate and sift through it all, and I believe in a collaborative approach. I hold a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, as well as a Certificate in Trauma Response Services. I bring over 20 years of experience working in the grief and trauma realms in a variety of ways, having worked as a therapist in community mental health, and led processing groups and classes internationally, and with a variety of nonprofits. I am an adult grief group facilitator with the Dougy Center. I am an advocate for equality and social justice, and an ally for marginalized groups. I am certified in trauma-informed care, and utilize an integrated theoretical approach based in person-centered strengths-based, emotion focused, and cognitive behavioral orientations and our sessions are process-based.
As a licensed registered LPC Associate (R6889) of the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, and a registered LMHCA (61179293) by the Washington Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, I abide by the Code of Ethics for both states. I work under the supervision of Jerrica Ching, LMHC/Washington – 60857196; LPC/Oregon – C5880. I welcome and work with people of all races, gender identities, ages, sexual orientations, and physical abilities, and I use she/her pronouns.
