Elisa Doebler-Irvine , LPC

Elisa Doebler-Irvine brings 28 years of professional counseling experience working with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. She holds the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - and is licensed in Oregon. Her academic training includes a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College, a PhD with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University, and a two-year post-graduate program in Clinical Human Sexuality at the Menninger Clinic.

Her career has spanned traditional outpatient mental health, residential treatment, private practice, forensic assessment and consulting, and higher education teaching. This range of settings informs a flexible approach to therapy that addresses both individual concerns and relational dynamics, whether or not a partner participates. Elisa has worked with a wide array of issues including depression and anxiety, life transitions, relationship and parenting challenges, eating and body image concerns, trauma and sexual abuse, substance use, anger management, divorce and separation, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Elisa’s counseling style emphasizes collaboration and respect, grounded in a client-centered perspective while integrating psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She attends to the broader systems that shape well-being - family, social, and cultural contexts - and helps clients identify how past solutions may have become unhelpful over time. A strong interest in Positive Psychology informs her practice, bringing interventions aimed at enhancing daily well-being and building resilience for future challenges.