Daniel Adler
Grad Student Intern
Pronouns: He/Him
Therapeutic Style: Warm, Calm, and Thoughtful
Works with:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Child/Family
- Teens
- Adult Families
Who I am as a Therapist
Participating in therapy is vulnerable, courageous, and at times, demanding. But you are not on this journey alone. As your therapist, I will stand alongside you as a witness to your lived experiences, and will collaborate with you in developing new ideas for how you want your life story to unfold into the future. I believe that life is defined by constant change, and that the work of therapy is a nonlinear process of rediscovering, understanding, and grappling with one’s own and others’ imperfect humanity.
I practice from a collaborative stance that values your language, knowledge, intuition and experience. Utilizing perspectives from narrative, experiential, emotion-focused, somatic, and mindfulness-based therapies, I will strive to help you craft an experience of life that is empowering, affirming, and grounding. Based on my training in systemic therapies, I think about individuals (you!) as part of relational networks and am excited to work with individuals, couples, families and groups.
As a human who holds many privileged identities, I recognize that my experience of navigating the world may be quite different from yours. Given this, I will approach our work together both with humility toward your experience and knowledge, and with an aspiration toward deconstructing the stories, roles, and systems that do not serve you. I strive to create a welcoming, affirming environment for people from a diverse range of identities, including people from the BIPOC, queer, non-monogamous, disabled, and other non-dominant communities.
“The crafting of character is not a matter of perfecting the self, but rather of perfecting the self’s ability to revere its less than perfect incarnations.” – Mari Ruti
Specialty Areas
Mental Health Challenges
- Activism & Burnout
- Aging
- Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships
- End of Life
- Grief & Loss
- Identity Development
- LGBTQIA+
- Life Transitions
- Managing Stress
- Men’s Issues
Therapeutic Approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
-
Intergenerational Family Therapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
- Mind-Body / Somatic
- Mindfulness
- Narrative Therapy
- Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy
Who I am when I’m not a Therapist
Outside of the office, you’ll find me enjoying Oregon’s many seasonal offerings: in spring and summer I am busily planting and harvesting vegetables in my garden and tending to my xeriscaped yard; in fall I take long walks to enjoy the last scraps of color and sunshine; in winter I head to the mountains for cross-country skiing. Throughout, I enjoy rock climbing, cooking homemade meals from our amazing local produce, and snuggling with my cat Bibi.
Education
- Pursuing Masters in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
- BA in International Political Economy from University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Training & Experience
- Past careers in nonprofit operations and software development
- Concentrated coursework in sex therapy, couples therapy, group counseling, and child and family development