Rhea Morais, MA

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate

Trauma-Informed Therapy In Portland, OR

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

-Carl Jung

If life feels empty, meaningless, or too painful…you’re not alone and healing is possible.

Therapy may be helpful if you’re experiencing any of the following:

  • Feeling numb and disconnected from yourself, your body, or your emotions

  • Feelings of shame or worthlessness

  • Difficulty feeling joy or passion

  • Feeling unfulfilled or a sense of purposelessness

  • People-pleasing and having difficulty identifying your own wants & needs

  • Feeling sensitive and easily overwhelmed/overstimulated

  • Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

  • Feeling anxious and having difficulty relaxing

  • Feeling alone, misunderstood, and disconnected from those around you

  • Lacking a clear sense of identity

  • Having empathy for everyone but yourself

Welcome to Art of Life Psychotherapy!

Life is an art. We are both artist and observer, creating as we go along and inevitably making a mess in the process. At the same time, we watch in horror as the paint splatters and can find ourselves critiquing our process and the results.

Like any good art, life will make us feel something. At times, our emotions can be overwhelmingly difficult to carry on our own. The ongoing pain of trauma, the deep darkness of depression, the unsettling panic of anxiety, the immeasurable sorrow of grief, or even the fear of growth, change, and joy exist just under the surface, asking to be witnessed. All your complicated emotions, identities, and life experiences are welcome to be seen here.

My role as a therapist is to sit with you as we look at the colors of your life experiences together without judgment. I aim to help you connect with the full range of your emotions, including the heavy stuff, because I believe emotions are what help us feel alive inside. They are the secret ingredients that bring art to life. I want to help empower you to take on an active role as the artist of your own life, give you the tools to create what you want for yourself, and show you how to view your life as the complex masterpiece that it is. Let’s create something meaningful together.