I turned to Bannigan and Open with Care for advise in navigating the waters of open relationship…read more These were waters I that I had never entered and knew that I needed to turn to someone who could guide me through them. I felt very pleased with being able to turn to Bannigan during this time. My experience with Bannigan regrading this issue was like taking a ton of bricks off my shoulders. Before speaking with him I was confused and lacking in direction. The advice and wisdom that I received provided me with clarity a proper sense of action. There are not words to describe the genuine care I felt coming from Bannigan as I was telling him my situation.It was really amazing to sit with someone who was so willing to listen. I was able to fully tell my story, and then receive accurate applicable advice regarding the situation. Bannigan provided invaluable insight that left me feeling inspired to take on my relationship from this new place of clarity. I highly recommend the Open with Care experience to anyone who is willing and wanting to take sincere look at themselves and their relationship. What better way to do it than with the help of this amazingly grounded, insightful, and applicable experience. Thanks Bannigan! I so look forward to more time with you.

Before my husband and I became husband-and-wife we decided to sit with Bannigan for a little…read moremarriage prep session. That session was so helpful to us that a few months later we went back for a tune-up! Couples require someone who is exquisitely listening and adept enough to catch the smallest reveal to help them to change subtle patterns of belief leading to behaviors that can damage the relationship. Bannigan's experience and innate perceptiveness allow him to listen deeply and gently challenge long-held personal myths in order for a new understanding and more effective communication to take place.

Real lasting change is hard, really hard, especially when we go it alone. I wasted years trying to…read morelive healthfully on my own. Despite knowing what I needed to to do, I didn't have the tools to get there. Kaela is the perfect blend of compassionate listener, fun to hangout with friend, organized note taker and insightful strategist. She makes the difficult process of personal change enjoyable, all while challenging and cheering you on at the same time. Success in this process really comes down to being open to the guidance provided by the coach and being able to trust that they have your best interest at heart. Kaela makes this easy, immediately and always genuine even those just getting to know her feel like long time friends. She helped me organized my scattered thoughts and ideas into an actionable plan, provided accountability, and ultimately helped get me moving in a positive direction for the first time in forever. I could go on, but really if you're ready for change or even just want help figuring that out, Coach K gets my highest recommendation.

Deborah is very personable, and I find it both easy and comfortable talking with her. She offered…read moretools to help myself during moments of anxiety, and I can't thank her enough for sharing her knowledge with me!

Ursina has been the best life coach and I'm very grateful I found someone like her to help me…read morecreate a plan and take the steps to start my career in laser tattoo removal. On top of her helping me career wise, she's helped me navigate ways to deal with some of my disabilities which makes everyday life easier. She creates a space that makes me feel super comfortable and is non-overwhelming. Highly recommend and so glad I found her!

Ursina is amazing at listening and helping guide you through your choices to help you reach a…read moredecision. I used her for career decisions and personal issues. Her guidance was invaluable to me. I would highly recommend!

I had the opportunity to receive an in-person regression with Haley. After I had our time scheduled…read moreand before we connected, she had me focus on my meditation practice and consider questions to ask during our session. Stepping into Haley's cozy studio on the day of our session was a welcoming experience. Her genuine interest in understanding me and discussing key aspects of my life beforehand set the stage for a personalized and enriching exploration. Her thoughtful consideration, along with ensuring a distraction-free environment by letting her sweet cat Zoe out, enhanced the depth and focus of our session. I haven't experienced hypnotherapy before, but am someone who enjoys experiencing new things and can enter into the unknown with enthusiasm. As such, she told me afterwards that I was pretty receptive to hypnosis. The work was done with me lying on a massage table with her next to me, guiding the experience. She put on some quiet background music and started with mental exercises for entering into a relaxed state. This was done through guided visualizations and suggestions. She also made an effort to make me (and my subconscious) feel safe, no matter what I was going to experience while in my regressions. During this time, Haley would prompt me to speak to get me used to talking in this mental state. Once she deemed me ready, she began the real work of guiding me through regressions. This was like being in a state of dreaming, but still being conscious and able to speak to Haley. I saw and felt experiences, some were clear, some vague and forced me to really intuit what was happening. All the while, Haley was prompting me to speak with questions and guiding me from one experience to another. This is where a voice recorder comes in really handy, because not only would you capture Haleys talking but your own as well, helping you remember and integrate the experience. She ended the session by bringing me gently out of hypnosis. She was also willing to discuss and talk about what I was experiencing or feeling, but I had made other plans that day and had to cut our discussion short. Next time I will plan for an hour or so after the regression to discuss with Haley. Haley gave me an excellent experience. If you're curious about past life regression or are looking for a hypnotherapist to help with bad habits, anxiety, etc. I can't recommend her enough. Thank you Haley!

The hypno fairy has helped me get back on track. I was in bad way last year and her energy…read morehealing, guidance, and care has been pivotal in my recovery. She genuinely cares, and her open minded inquisitiveness really helped guide me through some difficult terrain in this life. I still use some recordings she's made to help ease myself through some unpleasant or unwanted vibrations. I trusted her enough to even try some hypnotherapy for the first time and it was far out. My imagination has never been so opened up. If you feel guided towards getting help, healing, or guidance in this life, you have found the right person.

Jessica is friendly, a great listener and her whole goal is to help you as an individual find and…read morestrive for your personal happiness. She's been an asset to me during this year of ever- lasting change. She's helped me find myself, my voice and she continues to be a pillar for me in my journey of growth. Her value far exceeds any monetary cost.

Jessica was a great resource to me when things became complicated for me professionally. She…read morereally helped me determine what was important and kept me aligned to my long term goals and not just settle to get out of a bad situation. She is a great listener but also thoughtful in her responses, encouraging and presented perspectives that were truly thought provoking. In the end her guidance helped me to reach a personal career goal and eliminate a huge source of stress in my life. She is a true professional and just an awesome person. I highly recommend her.

Heather is a wonderful person and practitioner. She is kind, smart and very skilled. I Highly…read morerecommend her!

Heather Talbot is the most effective counselor I've ever worked with. The results I experienced…read morewere immediate and have proven to be long-lasting. After decades of counseling, family therapy, energy work, etc., finding this amazing woman has been a godsend for both me and other family members looking for a solid breakthrough from old patterns and lingering issues. At first, Heather looked almost "too young" and "too pretty" to be effective ( as I am many decades older than she) but she is incredibly wise beyond her years, an amazing therapist with deep insight. She gets to the heart of the matter and has seen me through and beyond heartache and pain, into greater connection with myself and my family.' Heather has helped me craft letters and form conversations that help me communicate my truth to people I love and this has helped transform several of my family relationships in such positive ways. I especially love her use of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and find it to be a highly meaningful and effective modality. Heather has helped both me and my daughter heal ancient trauma, negative patterns and issues we'd not gotten past with previous therapists. I am happy to sing her praises and to highly recommend her services.

Over the past 10 years Tracey has been so helpful for my son by teaching me how to handle difficult…read morebehaviors, so that he had more engaged and understanding parents. I went back during my divorce, when I really needed perspective, to raise my kids without having a more stressful divorce than one naturally is. This was so good for them and me. My current partner and I still have sessions now and then while blending a family. Tracey is an expert in exactly what she says she is on her website, and I would recommend her to anyone needing parenting interventions now or if you'd just like parenting to be more enjoyable for the whole family instead of a struggle. If you need more immediate crisis care there is a crisis line 988 nationally. Or you can google your county crisis lines. They are all listed on the National Alliance for Mental Illness as well. There are a few crisis walk in clinics in PDX, like via Cascadia. Tracey will help you with any hard subject, and I appreciate how boundaries are taught and kept very professionally. I've seen a ton of different providers over the years due to insurance changes, but I will always go back to Practical Parenting PDX for proven interventions and help to make parenting more fun.

After my son's two suicide attempts this year i found myself needing someone to talk to because of…read morethe anxiety of the ordeal and its impacts on my life and my family. I found this therapist on Yelp and being on Yelp, I called the number listed. She answered and was rude because apparently there's a portal system she uses to screen her clients which I didn't know about because I found her on Yelp. She was on speaker phone while my wife was with me and my wife noticed this from her as well that this was a particularly unpleasant way to go about any business, let alone mental health because nobody calling her number is having a good day But I try and I book the appointment anyway through the site before leaving town for five days for memorial day weekend. I came back last night and opened my email today to look for the link that was provided and found an email from yesterday that I'd not filled out the intake questionnaire and that it had to be filled out "before the appointment" as per the email. I then take the time to do so despite the fact that any day back from a vacation is going to be very busy and today was no exception but I did make the effort. Come the appointed time and again, juggling several things, I couldn't find the link and so I emailed tu get another one then immediately found it and logged on. I'm sitting there waiting for my appointment when I get an email from her and quickly respond without reading that I was waiting for the appointment in the video conference chat. And after waiting a few more minutes I go back to the email and see that apparently I had to have that done by 5pm the day before (which was not previously mentioned and also was when I was still driving back into town,) and so I needed to reschedule. And, annoyed at this perfunctory screening process and her tone and attitude at this point, I give it one last shot. Tonight I get an email saying that she'd been communicating so the to me clearly (again, she wasn't at any point clear on this overwrought process,) and because I wasn't listening to her directions (that she didn't give,) I "wouldn't be a good fit." I'm dumbfounded and I'm appalled. At the very least, if her business is going to be conducted through her website in a way where she is going to deny people who are coming to her for help, then these such stringent directions really need to be on there or at least on her page in Yelp but first and absolutely foremost, YOU'RE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD LADY, if you are in such a state of burnout that you can't muster a simple civil tone with people who are coming to you for help, then you need to find another career. Those directions weren't clear at any point. Her screening process is an unnecessary mess and needs an overhaul. Most inexcusable, her attitude is judgmental and condescending and for her to turn around and blame someone coming to her help for her messy business intake practices then that's just gaslighting and abusive. So she don't deserve to have any clients and I am taking the time to put this on a public forum because I dread anyone who comes to her at a point like where my son found himself, hanging by a thread and looking for help, to be treated like this by someone who trained for years to know better. My undergraduate degree was in psychotherapy and the reason I didn't pursue it was the burnout rate but having been in the boards of a couple of treatment centers in my old life, I know what that looks lilt in earnest. I can smell it. But so help me God, the only other time I've heard or seen of a therapist with this much animosity towards clients or potential clients was Richard Dreyfuss' character in What About Bob and that was a fictional character written as an indictment against the entire field of psychotherapy. And probably because of therapists just like this one. I dread for anyone who comes to this woman for help. She makes the whole field look bad.