Therapy for women
Health psychology, depth and mindfulness oriented integrative counseling for midlife women and beyond,
Honoring the full complexity of body, mind, and soul. Serving Oregon and Washington in-person and online.
Support for women in the midst of change
There are seasons of life that ask more of us. When the body shifts, the mind searches for ground, and the soul begins to reveal deeper questions. For many women, these seasons arrive in midlife: through hormonal transitions, chronic health challenges, grief, loss, or simply the accumulated weight of lives lived out of balance.
At Holistic Northwest, counseling is more than managing symptoms. It's about understanding the whole of who you are. My approach weaves together health psychology, mindfulness, and depth work. Evidenced based tools and ancestral wisdom. Honoring the unique interplay of your body, mind, emotions, and lived experience. Whether you are navigating perimenopause, menopause, an autoimmune condition, a cancer and other major health diagnosis, grief, loss, or going through a profound life transition, you deserve care that meets you where you are.
Together, we explore the layers that shape your experience: physical health, mood, beliefs, patterns, past wounds, cultural influences, and the ways you make meaning. The goal is not just relief from what's difficult. It's reclaiming your wholeness, getting your self back, and moving forward with freedom.
You may be a good fit if…
I work primarily with women in their 30s and beyond, Though my practice is open to adults of ages 18 years and older, and backgrounds who feel drawn to this work.
You are experiencing
Perimenopause & menopause
Hormonal shifts affecting mood & identity
Autoimmune conditions
Cancer or other major health diagnosis & recovery
Chronic health conditions
Anxiety & emotional overwhelm
Grief, loss & life transitions
Highly sensitive or empathic
Seeking meaning in midlife
What holistic counseling looks like for women's health
In our work together, we listen to what your body, emotions, intuition and inner world are communicating. Hormonal shifts, chronic illness, grief, and life transitions don't happen in isolation. They ripple through relationships, identity, energy, and purpose.
Drawing from health psychology, we explore how physical changes. Including hormonal transitions and chronic conditions affect mood, cognition, identity, body image, and daily life. Through Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Gestalt modalities we meet the protective and wounded parts of you with compassion. Through somatic inquiry and polyvagal approaches, we work with your nervous system directly. Through depth and transpersonal frameworks, we welcome meaning, symbol, and soul. Through mindfulness, we bring ourselves back home to center and become present in the now. Because midlife is as much a spiritual passage as it is a biological one.
"Working with Chrystal has been transformative for my personal journey.
Through compassion and deep insight, I’ve not only gained a better understanding of myself but have also discovered tools to continue growing beyond our sessions. She’s helped me see patterns, embrace my authentic self, and take practical steps toward the life I want to create. This work has been truly grounding and empowering.
Like unlocking doors to parts of myself I never knew existed."
— HOLISTIC NORTHWEST CLIENT