About Me
I’m Kerry Headley, MS, LPC, NCC, an Oregon-licensed counselor (#C7855) providing private-pay teletherapy for adults and couples statewide. My background includes a master’s degree in counselor education and a master’s degree in creative writing, along with experience supporting people through trauma, disability, life transitions, and relationship challenges. My work has included roles in crisis response, employee assistance programs, and community mental health as well as extensive volunteer work in Portland and beyond.
I specialize in adults exploring neurodivergence, neurodiverse couples, and individuals recovering from coercive spiritual or religious environments. As someone who is neurodivergent, I bring both professional training and lived experience to my work, helping clients feel understood, respected, and supported.
My Approach
Everyone has a story to tell. In therapy, those stories can be spoken, witnessed, and gently reshaped in ways that support mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. My work is grounded in a client-centered foundation informed by humanistic and existential perspectives, with flexibility to draw from narrative, cognitive, and expressive approaches, depending on the person in front of me.
Therapy here offers a fully inclusive, queer-affirming, and neurodivergent-supportive space where identities, relationships, and ways of being are respected rather than questioned. Our work is collaborative: I listen closely, hold space, and work alongside you as you explore unspoken experiences, clarify values, and imagine meaningful new ways of living.
I view change as something we practice over time—through reflection, skill-building, mindfulness, and reshaping life stories so they feel authentic, resilient, and alive.
