Hello and welcome to the webpage for
Collaborative Compassion, LLC.
Portland area in-person mental health services,
with attention to systems (not web-design or marketing).
Finances/Insurance
Accepting self-pay (no ID or insurance required), with some sliding-scale availability (it’s important to me to be accessible, please contact me if you want to self-pay on a sliding-scale, or some other kind of arrangement).
Working to accept OHP/medicaid soon.
Currently accepting the following insurances:
Aetna (OR); Regence BlueCross BlueShield (OR); Cigna (OR); Cigna EAP (OR); Kaiser Permanente Northwest (OR); Providence Health Plan (OR); United Healthcare (OR); United Healthcare EAP (OR).
Our sessions are about your life and supporting you and your goals. My orientation to this page is about helping you get a sense of who I am and what our working together could be like.
About Me
I'm very relationship oriented. It's my intention and attention for people working with me to feel cared about and supported while I work as an experienced guide walking along with you (in my office) on this journey, for the duration of our time together. There is a Philosopher/Psychologist/Poet named Bayo Akomolafe, originally from western Nigeria, who said in a talk, "we aren't in relationship, we are relationship". This really resonates for me. I'm a direct communicator and have enough experience, humility, and insight to know that you're the expert on your life and you know more about some things than I ever will.
My mom’s family was Jewish, and my dad's family was Catholic. It's probably reasonable to say that I'm a first generation UU Buddhist. I was strong at some things academically but struggled in some ways as a student. I am light skinned, masculinely embodied, and am quite sensitive (to my own and others’ needs, as well as the environment). I left a short career as an EMT/Firefighter with bad arthritis and chronic pain. I look "OK" while having a non-apparent disability. I have some sensory difficulties in the built environment, especially chemical sensitivities - being around synthetic fragrances is really hard for me (please, no perfume in my office). I think these aspects of my life contributed to my feeling like both an insider and outsider. One of the things that drew me to social work for my graduate training is the focus on systems (and social justice).
It has been my experience that, particularly when our basic needs are met, if we experience a sense of belonging, and affirming relationships (with oneself and others), we can be well. Every minute, day, or season might not be great, and we might be dealing with very difficult things that are natural (eg., sickness and death) or unnatural (eg., racism, homophobia, classism, ableism, exclusion, ...), and yet we can live a life worth living, with joy and gratitude.
Working Together & Treatment Modalities
I work with teens and adults, in-person. Families (defined by you) and younger kids after consultation. Beyond being able to be supportive for you for depression, anxiety, and relationships, I have focused/extra/additional professional and/or personal experience with the following to support your well-being:
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). I’m a credentialed teacher through UMass Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness (2018-2019)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I trained with the Portland DBT Institute in 2024
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Gender diversity, and LGBTQIA2S+ identities. As part of this commitment I went through a graduate certificate program in Gender Diversity in Children & Youth (2022-2023)
• Relationships that fall outside the norm
• Neurodiversity - ADHD and Autism Spectrum, specifically; with additional focused training to support neurodiverse woman and people who are gender non-conforming. I have an ADHD-CE credential and anticipate having completed a formal credentialed Autism training by the end of the 2026
• Pain and trauma around activism and going against the stream in a values aligned/congruent way
• Being "mixed class"
• Feminist and liberatory theory(ies) and praxis
• The death of family/loved-ones
• My orientation around substance use has largely been informed by the Dislocation Theory of Addiction, with my understanding of the physiologic basis for addiction coming from Neuroscience
My Licensing and Supervision
I am licensed as a School Social Worker (# 564870). I’m a master's-level candidate with a certificate to practice clinical social work in Oregon as a clinical social work associate (CSWA, certificate # A18848). I practice under a board-approved clinical supervisor, pursuant to OAR 877-020-0012, at Mindful Therapy Group, P.C. My board-approved clinical supervisor is Susan Dawdy, MSW, LCSW, LICSW (Oregon License L7014). Her contact info is available at www.susandawdy.com
When not at work I like to share time with my spouse and our three bunnies. I especially enjoy going for walks in nature, watching stuff, meditating, tinkering with computers and electronics (with particular interest in free and open-source software), DIY, making friends, volunteering, and reading. My out-of-town travel usually involves co-ops, hot-springs, nature, camping, and sometimes SCUBA diving.
If this resonates with you, please get in touch. You can schedule with me here: Scheduling Link - Click HERE
You can also read more about me through this profile: Profile link
Good luck on your journey!
-Christopher Doo, MSW, CSWA, QMHP, CADC-R (he or they)
Webpage being updated regularly as I’m being credentialed with additional insurances.
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