01 · Who Porshea works with

Porshea works with stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and grief

Porshea lists 9 specialisms and 40 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Porshea chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Porshea's own words

What Porshea says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Welcome and thank you for viewing my profile. My name is Porshea' Pendleton, LMFT. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oregon with 24 years of professional work experience in aiding clients with depression, PTSD, anxiety, relationship challenges, and substance abuse concerns. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 28 years of experience in mental health care. I have dedicated myself to empowering clients to heal the pain within their lives. I support my clients with the above challenges. I work from a Christian faith-based perspective for clients seeking to expand their relationship with God. I aid clients with a focus on CBT, solution-focused, and Gestalt therapeutic interventions. In addition, I work with couples with the treatment objectives of John Gottman. The client's treatment objectives tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet one's unique and specific needs. Ready in making this year one of the many amazing years to come? Congratulation on taking the first step to sign up for therapy. Making this step takes courage and can be scary. I am proud and honored that I can join you in this journey of healing and self-discovery.

Once you respond to this message, I will send you some additional general information about how this online counseling process works, and then we can get started.

Should you feel in need of urgent help or that you are in crisis at any time during our work together; please call 1-800-273-TALK 24 hours a day; or 911. This forum does not provide any type of emergency services, so I want to be sure you know who to contact if you need immediate help.

You are not alone. Things can and will get better. Let's get started!

Porshea Pendleton, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Porshea works

The 2 approaches Porshea lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Porshea lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Porshea's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Porshea runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

The Gottman Method

A couples approach built on decades of observational research into what distinguishes relationships that last. Structured and assessment-led: it maps friendship, conflict and shared meaning, then works on the specific mechanics of how the two of you argue.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Porshea practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Porshea's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Porshea at this point.

2. Naming Porshea specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Porshea is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Porshea.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Porshea

Built from what Porshea actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Porshea's - Porshea has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 24 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LMFT

Licensed in

Oregon

Licence

OR LMFT T0709

Licence number

T0709

Licence expires

31 Mar 2027

NPI

1811104359

Years in practice

24

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Porshea's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Porshea. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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