Elisa Doebler-Irvine, LPC

Elisa Doebler-Irvine brings 28 years of counseling experience working with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan and from diverse backgrounds. She is an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon - and holds a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College as well as a PhD specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy from Kansas State University. She also completed a two-year post-graduate program in Clinical Human Sexuality at the Menninger Clinic, training that informs her work with both individual and relationship concerns.

Her clinical experience spans traditional outpatient mental health settings, residential treatment, private practice, forensic assessment and consulting, and university teaching. Over the years she has supported people facing depression, anxiety, life transitions, parenting and relationship challenges, eating and body image issues, trauma and sexual abuse, substance use concerns, anger management, and divorce or separation. Elisa approaches counseling with collaboration and respect, drawing on client-centered principles alongside psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She pays close attention to the systems people are part of - family, social, and cultural - and helps clients untangle solutions that have become unhelpful over time.

Elisa integrates ideas from Positive Psychology to help people increase daily well-being and build resilience so they can face future challenges with greater strength and balance. She combines clinical experience and varied training to support individuals and families seeking practical and thoughtful change.