Jamie Friedman Parker
Portland,OR
Summary
Dynamic pre-licensed counselor with hands-on experience creating meaningful therapeutic alliances with individuals and couples towards increasing inner trust, connection, awareness, and empowerment. Through interventions grounded in psychodynamic approaches, EFT, attachment theory, somatic awareness, and relational-cultural theory, I am especially passionate about helping clients from diverse cultural, sexual, and religious backgrounds with issues including: complex, developmental, and shock PTSD; LGBTQ+ issues; religious, sexual, racial, and institutional traumas; spirituality and freedom; grief and loss; attachment repair; navigating parenting, co-parenting, and divorce; identity challenges; family estrangement; and life transitions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Counselor Student Intern
Sakura Counseling
2024.04 - Current
- Perform clinical counseling services for 18 individuals and couples, with an emphasis on queer and transgender care, shock trauma processing, navigating boundaries, tools for relationship distress, practicing non-violent communication and self-compassion, somatic processing, ethical break ups, and healing attachment wounds.
- Modalities include EFT, AEDP, IFS, NARM, narrative therapy, relational-cultural theory, NVC, somatic awareness, mindfulness practices.
- Complete assessments and intakes with new clients, referring them to Sakura Scheduling or to outside services as necessitated by clinicians' scope of practice and client's acuity of need.
- Complete documentation via Theranest EHR within 24 hours of service for each client including intake notes, assessments, diagnoses, progress notes, treatment plans, termination notes, and contact logs.
- Coordinate care with health providers as needed.
- Provide referrals and community resources to clients as appropriate.
- Maintain professional, ethical standards in accordance with ACA Code of Ethics, HIPPA, state law, and registered intern licensing requirements.
- Attend required individual supervision hour once weekly and group supervision 2-3 times monthly.
- Practice informed consent, mandatory reporting, and HIPPA-compliant procedures.
- Manage and maintain a full caseload; schedule and coordinate care directly with clients.
Practicum Counselor in Training
Lewis and Clark Community Counseling Center
2023.09 - 2024.04
- Perform clinical counseling services for 3 individuals and couples in weekly sessions, focusing on complex grief, sexual trauma, polyamory, PTSD, boundary negotiations, death and loss, parenting struggles, communication challenges, relational repair
- Modalities include: EFT, AEDP, attachment repair (via Gottman interventions), non-violent communication, mindfulness and somatic awareness
- Completed initial intakes, weekly progress notes, treatment plans, invoicing, and statements in a timely manner.
- Received and implemented twice-weekly supervision in group and individual supervision sessions.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
Independent Consultant
2022.01 - 2023.09
- Groups include: AmeriCorps, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association
- Coordinated with supervisors and stakeholders to identify DEIB knowledge gaps, taking time to understand participants' background, previous training, and larger organizational needs.
- Topics include: moral injury, microaggressions, language matters, pronouns and gender abundance
- Utilized needs assessment to recommend specific, client-centered course content. Assessed training and made recommendations for sustainability and growth.
- Lead seminars, trained employees, facilitated large and small group conversations in face-to-face and online settings.
Associate Professor
Linfield University
2016.07 - 2023.07
- Received tenure at Linfield; previously was an assistant professor with a similar job description at Westmont College (2010-2016)
- Delivered education, facilitated large and small group discussions, created syllabi and assessments related to narrative; gender, sexuality, and race studies; psychoanalytic criticism; and cultural and religious studies
- Advised and mentored individual students and student groups, particularly women, sexual and racial minorities, and first generation college students on topics of interest to them towards personal and professional empowerment
- Created a dynamic student-led learning environment that valued instructor and student interaction
- Established and maintained inclusive, collegial and collaborative culture within classroom
- Led community seminars for local middle and high school students, elders, and rural community members
Education
Master of Arts - Professional Mental Health Counseling
Lewis And Clark College
Portland12.2024
Ph.D. - Medieval Studies
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY08.2010
Master of Arts - English Literature
Portland State University
Portland, OR06.2000
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature And French Language, Literature
Whitworth University
Spokane, WA12.1997
Skills
- Experience with individual and couples counseling
- Multicultural competence
- LGBTQ+, feminist, queer expertise
- Trained in AEDP, EFT, NARM, psychoanalytic, attachment-oriented, and somatic interventions
- Experience with intakes, treatment planning, regular and timely progress notes, risk assessment, and safety planning
- Deep empathetic listening and expert rapport building
- Exceptional communication skills
- Strengths-based, client-led approach
- Open and responsive to feedback
- Timely, courteous, responsible
Timeline
Counselor Student Intern
Sakura Counseling
2024.04 - Current
Practicum Counselor in Training
Lewis and Clark Community Counseling Center
2023.09 - 2024.04
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
Independent Consultant
2022.01 - 2023.09
Associate Professor
Linfield University
2016.07 - 2023.07
Master of Arts - Professional Mental Health Counseling
Lewis And Clark College
Ph.D. - Medieval Studies
Cornell University
Master of Arts - English Literature
Portland State University
Bachelor of Arts - English Literature And French Language, Literature
Whitworth University
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