Benjamin Skolnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
2 Endorsed
2521 Southeast 41st Avenue, Space 7, Portland, OR 97202
Let's Connect (503) 479-2097
I enjoy working with clients who feel that their minds have become unmanageable. This experience often arises from a belief that inner conflict and complexity is a problem to be solved rather than a state of affairs to be understood and befriended. Sometimes this unmanageability shows up as anxiety, where the mind dreads bad outcomes and wont allow you to enjoy your life. Other times as depression, where the mind is mired in hopelessness, despair, or resentment. Addictions of various sorts can also arise from this state of affairs, whereby we try to distract or quiet our minds through destructive patterns of behavior.
I will work to help you gain a better understanding of the roots of your emotions and behaviors and to increase your level of mindfulness of the moment-to-moment experience of your life. Together we will non-judgmentally explore the complex and often contradictory thoughts, feelings, impulses, desires, and aspirations that you are trying to reconcile.
I bring 20 years of meditation practice and over 10,000 hours of experience as a psychotherapist, and will give my all to helping you relate with more gentleness and acceptance to all that is happening in your heart and mind. By connecting more fully with your own inner richness, I hope to help you to live the life you want, consistent with your own values.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $140
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Medicare
- Optum
- PacificSource
- Regence
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
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Benjamin Skolnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Oregon / 3080 Benjamin Skolnik
- In Practice for 18 Years
- Attended Antioch New England Graduate School, Graduated 2005
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Benjamin Skolnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Alzheimer's
- Bisexual
- Cancer
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (503) 479-2097
Benjamin Skolnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Eclectic
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Transpersonal
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (503) 479-2097
Benjamin Skolnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Location
Nearby Areas
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Benjamin Skolnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2024