Healing Tides Counseling, LLC — Mental health clinic in Portland, OR

Thank you, Healing Tides! Thank you, Ary Bryce!

Literally the BEST place I've ever been for therapy. Saved my life.

Obtaining information about which clinicians were accepting new clients required several days and several emails back and forth. I was put on the waitlist for several therapists. When an appointment was available, the Admin offered me several appointments for the week of 8/19 and let me know that I needed to tell them by 8/16 to secure one. I requested to book an appointment for 8/19. I did not hear back from their Admin staff until 8/20, several business days after I had asked to book the appointment, and they did not have an appointment that worked with my schedule until several weeks later. I asked for more information about their Admin processes, since it was unprofessional that they were not able to get back to me and confirm the appointment until a full business day after the appointment that they had offered me. The Admin stated that she had mistakenly forgotten to turn on her automated out of office email. I asked for further clarification on how Admin processes at Healing Tides worked, stating that I needed a therapist who was easy to communicate and schedule with, and the Admin responded that I was likely not a good fit for their practice.

S. Devoll has potentially kept me from ever going to a therapist again. Every session was centered around them, they cancelled sessions with less than 12 hours of notice, and not agreeing with them was met with aggression. I was going through a mentally stressful time and canceled a session last minute (after 4-5 sessions rescheduled by S. Devoll with less than. 12 hour notice). They decided the best choice would be to ghost me. Highly recommend to not trust this person

I was weary of therapy before. Shaneadr our sessions mostly about them, refused to listen to me, and consistently canceled appointments with less than 12 hours notice. The one time I did the same, due to an actual mental crisis, Shane ghosted me. I apologized and let them know what was going on, but never heard from them again. If you would like to test your abilities as a therapist, maybe give them a shot

Shanako goes above and beyond. They are professional, empathetic and truly cares about their patients. Would highly recommend!

Shanako is an excellent therapist and a dynamic supervisor. They offer gender affirming care along with social justice lens and anti-oppressive practice. They have been my clinical licensure supervisor and mentor for the last 5 years. They deeply care about LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC community members. We are privileged to have them in our community. Thank you so much Shanako for your meaningful work. They are such a gem.

Shanako is one of the best supervisors I have ever had. She cares so much about clients and always puts great client care first.

Shanako is an incredibly compassionate, down to earth, nonjudgemental person. Shanako has a strong sense of justice and equity and sees through the BS that is our oppressive systems/society and will empower you to thrive despite the BS. I highly recommend Shanako as a boss and a therapist.

Compassionate, caring and very helpful. Shanako has been a wonderful therapist this past year.