Sleep Disorder Therapists in Gresham, OR

Part of my Therapy Intake for every client opens discussion about the importance of good sleep in our lives. I find helping clients with sleep disorders very rewarding and we explore and put to work effective solutions.

I have a specialized protocol for sleep and every client gets a free sleep recording to play before bed.

Sleep difficulties are often connected to stress, anxiety, or nervous system dysregulation. I help clients identify the underlying factors affecting their sleep and develop practical, sustainable strategies for improvement. Our work focuses on calming the mind and body so restorative sleep becomes more accessible.

You go to sleep way too late because nights are your only time that is just for you and nobody is touching you. You look at the clock and you know baby is going to wake up soon, so you get on your phone and wait. You finally get to sleep and you put the monitor on even though your baby is in the room with you. With any sound or movement you shoot up and look at the monitor. You pick the baby up when they make any tiny sound or movement. You finish a night feed and you start doing the sleep math of how much sleep you are going to get if you fall asleep right now, 30 minutes later, you start doing the math again. This is not just called being a mom, this is something that you can work on!

One of the things that can disrupt sleep is when your nervous system has difficulty moving fully out of 'fight-or-flight', or if it moves too easily INTO fight-or-flight. For example, some people have difficultly falling asleep (their mind is racing with anxiety, or their body feels pumped with energy), while some others wake in the middle of the night, suddenly fully activated. I'll work with you to help your body learn how to move into a 'rest-and-relax' state, and we'll also work on softening the triggers that might be pushing you into fight-or-flight. If that's what's been keeping you from sleeping well, hopefully you'll start to notice small signs of progess as we work together.

Gresham is the Portland metro's largest eastern suburb, a working-class and increasingly diverse city that has absorbed many families displaced by Portland's housing costs, including significant Latino, Slavic, and Pacific Islander communities. Economic strain, housing instability, and thin east-county services shape mental health need. Multnomah County programs and the Portland market anchor access, with culturally specific providers in growing demand.

Gender ID

	55%	Female
	36%	Male
	9%	Non-Binary

Session Type

	56%	In Person and Online
	44%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

56%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
56%	Hypnotherapy
33%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
33%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
33%	Gottman Method Couples Therapy
33%	Somatic Therapy
22%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
78%	Young Adult
67%	Children
56%	Senior
56%	Teen

Client Focus

56%	Women
44%	Black / African American
44%	Christian
44%	Hispanic / Latino
44%	Jewish

Sleep Disorder therapists in Gresham, OR

Catherine Saunders

Anxiety Eliminated

Amber McKinney-Morgan

Kristina Anzell

Aaron Kapin