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Nathan

Nathan

With 20 years in practice, Nathan brings tremendous wisdom, insight, and a warm sense of humor to his clients, clinicians, and community. Nathan is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Supervisor in Oregon. He’s the owner of Life Encounter Counseling and co-owner of Life Discovery Counseling Services, a mutli-site group practice. Nathan maintains his own client caseload while managing and supervising his counseling staff, and still finds time to teach on occasion as an adjunct professor at Multnomah University in Portland, Oregon.

Private Therapy Practice Trends to Watch in 2025

Private therapy practices have never been more popular, and if you’ve noticed a big uptick in clients since 2022,...

Fostering Professional Growth Through Effective Clinician Onboarding

The field of mental health is continuing to increase in popularity and attract more clients, providing ever-more...

How to Choose a Therapist: Ensuring a Good Client-Therapist Relationship

Finding a therapist can be understandably nerve-wracking. Even if you’ve not yet sat on a therapist’s couch before...

Tips for Nurturing Efficiency in Your Group Therapy Practice

Many therapists are nurturers by nature. We get into this profession to help people better deal with life’s...

Secret to Success: 4 Things to Know About Running a Private Therapy Practice

As a seasoned therapist, you’ve undoubtedly seen a world of different clients with different needs. You know the right...

What's Confidential and What's Not In a Client-Therapist Relationship?

People seek therapy to get a kind of advice they can’t get from anyone else. A person can ask a particularly insightful...

3 Virtual Onboarding Tips for Mental Health Clinicians

Giving incoming mental health clinicians and incoming clients alike access to online video content that walks them...

Virtual Onboarding and Couples Counseling: A Perfect Match

Couples counseling is a journey through complex emotional terrain, and even seasoned therapists acknowledge its...

Control Yourself Not Your Environment

In this transcribed episode of the Shrink Think Podcast, Nathan and Aaron talk about self control— how to control...

Benefits of In-Person Therapy

In this transcribed episode of the Shrink Think Podcast, Nathan and Aaron discuss the dynamics of in-person therapy and...