Cultivating a New Life — Psychotherapist in Portland, OR

I worked with Fumi for 2 years in couples counseling. She was amazing. To listen well to my partner and myself and help us navigate our next steps was so helpful. I felt care and support and didn't feel any "taking sides". She honored both of our strengths and helped us move forward to the next steps with respect and love. I couldn't imagine a better therapist. I especially appreciated the lens of Integrated Family Systems and have since read a book about it to understand it better. I am more centered and more self actualized because of her support and service.

I have sought guidance and counsel from Fumiyo Nishimoto for the past seven years. During this time, Fumiyo has continuously demonstrated empathy and collaborative care. As a result, I continue to trust Fumiyo as my therapist. She has been an important source of insight, which I can always discuss openly and candidly with her. She always makes me feel seen and heard and accommodates my changing and fluctuating schedule. Transparency is very important to me, and I feel like Fumiyo is thoughtfully transparent about the stage of care and where I might be progressing. She is the first mental health provider with whom I felt genuinely safe, and whose level of compassion I immediately appreciated. I highly recommend her services.

For as long as I can remember, my world felt gray and heavy, like a constant fog that refused to lift. I moved through my days numb, weighed down by invisible chains that tightened around my throat whenever I tried to speak. The words were there, trapped inside me, but they never made it out. My body wouldn’t listen, and my mind was tangled in despair. At times, I wondered if simply existing was harder than not existing at all. I questioned if someone like me deserved to live. Over the years, I met many counselors—kind faces who listened patiently. I liked them all, and I was grateful. But still, something inside me remained locked away. Understanding things in my mind was one thing, but living them was another. The world remained a muted blur. Then I met Fumi, a therapist who changed everything. Fumi was different. Her presence didn’t just comfort me; it sparked something I hadn’t felt in a long time—hope. She introduced me to peer support specialists, people who knew the weight of the same darkness I carried. Slowly, almost without realizing it at first, I began to reconnect—with people, with life, and with the possibility of color. It startled me. After years of drifting without dreams or goals, a forgotten desire began to stir within me—the desire to help others. The idea of becoming a peer support specialist took root. Once, I would have dismissed it with a bitter, “I’m just me anyway.” But now, a small, brave part of me whispered, “Why not?” The journey hasn’t been easy. Recovery, I’ve learned, isn’t a straight path. Some days, overwhelming anxiety creeps back in, wrapping me in its suffocating grip. But Fumi gave me tools—ways to ground myself, like tapping my fingers or using panic-coping techniques. More importantly, she gave me something less tangible but infinitely more powerful: the assurance that I am not alone. With Fumi’s support, I started to see the strength within me. The connections I made, the people who walked beside me, became anchors in my world. Each connection brought a little more color, a little more clarity. I’m learning, step by step, that my story is worth sharing, that my life has value, and that I am part of something greater than myself. Every day, I remind myself that the gray fog might return, but I’m no longer wandering in it alone.

Fumi is an incredible therapist who has changed my life beyond words. I have seen Fumi for trauma therapy for the better part of six years after originally finding her while seeking couple's counseling. She has helped me shape my understanding of my trauma and find new ways to process it, supporting me through many difficult life changes such as family estrangement. She is dedicated to her practice and I feel her love and compassion as a client every session. I never want to change therapists again--I hope to see her for the rest of my life.

The care and guidance I've received from Fumi in the last two years has been absolutely life changing. I've been through many therapists with different modalities over the last decade, trying to find the right one for me. I couldn't imagine changing therapists now. She has helped me extensively and has made me feel incredibly seen and understood as a queer and trans person. Fumi also helped me start to unmask and stop hiding my autistic traits, which has me feeling much more comfortable with myself. I recommend her to anyone needing support and specifically people wanting to go deeper in IFS work, as that has been the most transformative for me.

I have grown so much while receiving mental health services from Fumi over the last two 2 years. She is dedicated to her practice, passionate, and extremely knowledgeable. I appreciate Her validation of my complex traumas stemming from my multi cultural background and I feel very safe in our sessions. I can’t say that about therapists I have had in the past so feeling this way is very refreshing. I am so happy to have found a therapist who I feel is as committed to my healing journey as I am.

Fumi is an incredibly compassionate. kind, and professional therapist. I have had the pleasure of seeing her for over a year now, and with her help I have been able to make a substantial progress in my mental health, well-being, and life. Fumi gave me the tools I needed to better understand myself and the world around me. Before working with her I never could have imagined reaching the levels of self confidence and self love that I am now able to embody. Fumi creates a very accepting and open environment, and I always feel heard and understood during our sessions. As someone who works in the mental health/social work field it’s refreshing to see someone with so much knowledge, empathy, insight, and passion doing this work. I have learned so much from her. I will be forever grateful for the positive impact Fumi has made in my life. She inspires me to practice self compassion and share my authentic self with the world.

I have been a client of Fumi's for more than four years. She is easy to talk to, compassionate, knowledgeable, and creates a safe and welcoming space. I appreciate her sensitivity, warmth, and professionalism. I deeply trust Fumi and I am grateful for her practice.

I have been seeing Fumi for about 2 years now. I was very hesitant at first about seeking out therapy for a while because of all the horror stories I’ve heard and read online terrible therapists. Meeting Fumi not only changed my view on therapy, but my view on humanity. Fumi has always been super accommodating and incredibly patient over the years. Being that I am Asian American, Fumi’s extra layer of cultural understanding and appreciation has allowed me to be more open and honest about my experiences with her, which in turn has helped me tremendously. Words cannot describe the appreciation and the amount of help Fumi has been (and continues to be) for me in my life and 5 stars seems too low of a rating to give her.

Fumi has been my therapist for about three years. I have always found her professional, caring, and helpful. I have never connected with other therapists before, so I am very grateful to have found her. I would strongly recommend her to others.