Ground PDX

Specialties

Individual Therapy, Couples Counseling, and Family Therapy.

History

Established in 2013.

One year into my private practice, I’m sitting in my hip office on Division Street. I’ve got my corduroy blazer on, a client sprawled out on the couch, my lower body numb from sitting in a chair all day, and we are talking about feeling disconnected from life. In that moment I thought to myself, ‘this isn’t how I imagined it’ as I realized I was straight out of a stereotypical scene of what talk therapy looks like.

While working as a wilderness therapy guide in Idaho, I developed a passion and a belief in the healing benefits from being in the natural environment. Conversing about life’s challenges seemed more manageable when outdoors. So I wondered as I sat inside my confined office, why not infuse my urban practice with a taste nature’s tonic?

Ground is the outcome of these musings. More importantly, Ground is an opportunity. Ground is a garden-​oasis within an urban setting. A place to connect with nature, while exploring the challenges brought on by the human experience. Ground is

Meet the Business Owner

Mitch B.

Business Owner

Mitch holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The Colorado College, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Mitch has a Master of Arts in Marriage, Couples, & Family Therapy from Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Ore.

For the past 10 years, he has been working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families in a variety of different therapeutic settings. Half of that time was working as a wilderness therapy guide in Idaho. Mitch found while working in Idaho that when people deepened their relationship with the natural world, an opportunity arises to be resilient and healed.