Stephanie MacDonald

(she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor

Not Accepting New Clients
Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, Moda, Pacific Source, Providence, OHP, Trillium, or direct payment ($150/session)

Stephanie (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Clinical Supervisor, and Clinical Director, who provides counseling, supervision, and other clinical services at Family Roots. She has a Master’s Degree in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Gender Studies, both from Portland State University. She is a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, working with Autistic youth, as well as Autistic adults, including late-realized or questioning. She practices Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) with new parents and their young children and Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) with preschool and elementary aged children and provides parent coaching to their grown-ups. She also specializes in couples/relationship counseling, perinatal counseling, and working with adults who have parents with personality disorders.

Stephanie emphasizes a collaborative therapeutic relationship at the core of her practice and works to provide a safe, inviting, and accepting relationship with each of her clients. Stephanie’s approach to counseling is client-centered and strengths-based and she believes that each individual’s struggle is laced with societal influences that can cause or exacerbate personal trauma. She strives to incorporate anti-oppressive frameworks into her counseling practice and holds clients’ identities and experiences with acceptance, non-judgment, and cultural humility. Her practice is neurodivergent-affirming and queer-affirming, and she is excited about working with folx from those communities.

Stephanie integrates theories such as Interpersonal Neurobiology, Child-Centered Play Therapy, Synergetic Play Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, and attachment science, and utilizes a feminist and social justice-focused lens.

Stephanie believes that each individual, regardless of age, is drawn toward healing and wholeness, and her goal is to be a guide to help each individual or family learn how to listen to and follow their internal compass and gain insight into their own values and intentions.

In her free time, Stephanie enjoys spending time with her teenager and their 2 dogs, 2 cats, 4 chickens, and 1 tortoise! She also enjoys vegetable gardening, hiking, dragon boat paddling, spending time with loved ones, and enjoying nature and live music.