About Evan

I see therapy as a space to listen and connect to what is unfolding within us. When we attend to our inner experience, we often rediscover parts of ourselves that have been overlooked or pushed aside. In this sense, the challenges we bring to therapy function like doorways. By taking a step inward, we can come back into contact with who we are beneath the pressures and patterns we seek to understand or change.

How I Work

My approach to therapy is contemporary, integrative, and responsive. I work flexibly while anchoring my practice in an existential and humanistic framework. This way of working emphasizes authenticity, relationship, and lived experience.

While this work is oriented toward self-understanding, it is also grounded in addressing the practical difficulties of life, such as anxiety, depression, relational conflicts, or patterns that feel hard to change. The aim is to support living more authentically—aligning actions with values and cultivating a more present, connected way of being in the world.

What Shapes My Work

My path to becoming a therapist has been shaped by both formal training and lived experience. Long-term contemplative practice, creative work, personal loss, and periods of uncertainty have all influenced how I understand suffering, resilience, and growth.

Earlier chapters of my life were rooted in technology, art, music, and photography, as well as decades spent exploring philosophical and contemplative traditions. These experiences taught me that meaningful change rarely comes from force or quick answers. More often, it emerges through a willingness to stay open to the possibilities within our lives.

I am a Professional Counselor Associate registered with the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists. My training is grounded in existential–humanistic therapy and informed by existential philosophy and phenomenology, neuroscience, psychodynamic thought, mindfulness-based approaches, cognitive-behavioral frameworks, and contemporary psychology.

Exploring Further

If you are looking for a grounded space to explore your inner life as an individual or as a couple, feel free to reach out. Therapy does not require a crisis. Often, it begins with a recognition that something within is asking to be heard.

For those who would like to explore further, visit my blog and podcast, The Existential Lens, where I share reflections at the intersection of philosophy, therapy, and the human experience.