Elisa Doebler-Irvine

Elisa Doebler-Irvine is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 28 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges. Her practice also addresses grief, trauma and substance concerns among other issues.

Elisa's training includes a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and a PhD with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy. She also completed a two-year post-graduate program in Clinical Human Sexuality. That background informs how she sees the overlap between individual struggles and relationship dynamics.

In sessions she uses a collaborative, respectful style. She leans toward a client-centered approach and integrates psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She encourages people to look at the patterns that created a solution that now causes problems and to try different ways forward.

Elisa pays attention to the larger systems around people - family, social, and cultural influences that shape behavior and feelings. She also draws on Positive Psychology ideas to help people increase daily well-being and build resilience for future challenges.

Her work has included outpatient care, residential settings, private practice, forensic assessment and university teaching. People come to her for help with parenting strain, body image and eating concerns, relationship communication, emotional regulation, and coping with life changes.

To begin, readers are invited to use the site process to match with her and schedule a first appointment based on current availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Elisa commonly uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice thoughts and bodily signals so they can respond rather than react; this is useful for stress, anxiety and emotional regulation. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which focuses on listening, empathy and the client’s own goals to create change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another tool she draws on to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try practical behavior changes that reduce symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with clients to see which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, and adjust as therapy progresses. That shared decision-making helps tailor sessions to what is most helpful for each person.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten check-ins when needed, or reduce time spent traveling. Licensed professionals can use the same therapeutic tools online - mindfulness exercises, CBT worksheets, and client-centered conversations - while helping clients apply them between sessions in everyday settings.