Dr. Tara May is a skilled and compassionate psychologist and therapist. Dr. Tara May has extensive…read moreexperience working with people who experienced trauma and loss, and she helped many couples and individuals heal and have fulfilling lives.

From the owner: Do you feel held back by worry, fear, or past trauma? Are you struggling to break free from…read morenegative patterns in your relationships? The past few years have been challenging for many of us, but we believe that everyone has the potential for growth and positive change. Blue Leaf therapists use evidence-based strategies such as EMDR to help you overcome obstacles and live your best life. Take the brave first step towards a brighter future and contact us today. At Blue Leaf, we offer specialized psychotherapy services for adults, couples, and families who are 18 years old and above. Our experienced therapists provide compassionate care and evidence-based treatments to help clients work through a variety of life circumstances, challenges, and problems. Contact us today to schedule an appointment. Our focus is on helping you heal, grow, and thrive through client-centered psychotherapy. We aim to provide relief from symptoms, improved self-confidence, and freedom from past traumas. Whether you choose in-person or telehealth services, our goal is to support you in becoming the best version of yourself.

I saw Hannah Cornett during one of the more challenging seasons of my life, and I can honestly say…read moreshe made a real difference. She had a way of listening that made you feel genuinely heard -- not just processed. She was thoughtful, calm, and skilled at helping you find your footing without pushing you in any particular direction. Hannah is someone you can trust to help you sort through it with clarity and care. I'm grateful to have found her.

I had no idea how to find someone I could trust with the problems I was having, and I got lucky!!…read more Andrew Eggebraaten was a blessing from GOD, he guided us through our problems patiently and softly. He gave us what we needed to hear so that we could see what we needed to do. I appreciate how gently he explained the problems and fixes without any shame or feeling bad about yourself. He listened to us, and genuinely felt our pain. I know that if we need more help he will be the one we go to. Thank you so much Andrew! I truly hope you know how much we appreciate you!

I was Dr. Monkarsh's patient for two years, and it was the best gift I have given myself. He…read morehelped me change my life entirely and I am grateful for his services. There is no price tag that can repay him for helping me transform from sad and feeling hopeless in a challenging long-term marriage to now being happy, strong, energetic, goal-oriented, and enthusiastic about life. I am my "old self" once again. That is priceless. I am of Hispanic-American ethnicity, and seeking therapy is a cultural "taboo" in my family. Yet, after over 22 years in a very difficult marriage and extreme unhappiness I knew that I needed professional help that could help me get clarity. It was with trepidation that I entered his office, and I immediately realized that Dr. Monkarsh was professional, an excellent listener, genuine, compassionate and yet straight-forward in a gentle manner. He asked me open-ended questions, without judgment, that made me think of my situation and how I could solve challenges. Because I am a task-oriented individual, he gave me weekly assignments and we picked up from there each session. It was not easy to do the soul-searching and face hard areas of my life, but he never gave up on me and he genuinely cared. He was a non-biased clinical psychologist who was honest with me, even when it was difficult. He was the confidential professional that I needed to help me transform my life. I felt safe, respected and not alone. Dr. Monkarsh is now working with my 23-year old daughter and he is helping her with the same care and professionalism he offered me as his past patient. As a mom, I am extremely grateful for the help he is providing her and I feel relieved and at peace that my daughter is receiving his services. My daughter and I do not discuss their sessions and I respect her privacy, yet I see the positive changes in her life through her work with Dr. Monkarsh as well. I am fortunate to have been Dr. Monkarsh's patient. My only regret is that I had not worked with him decades before.

I've been seeing Dr. Gary Monkarsh for my ADHD. He diagnosed me within the first two months of…read moretherapy. Not only has he helped me gain confidence in my medical condition, but he allows my mom to sit in on every session. Gary is a speedy guy like me. To be honest, I don't want to go to therapy, I just want to feel better on my own. However, I can't fix everything by myself. So, I hired Dr. Monkarsh to repair my mental illness. He believes in safe practice. He has never suggested any medication or treatments that are harmful.

Yes, they are more knowledgeable about autism in adults than most providers. However, they (Neely &…read moreService) missed both me and a relative's ADHD due to lack of comprehensive testing/questions. Even worse, Anson Service diagnosed my relative with somatization ("minor" aches & pains & exaggerated health anxiety/obsession) when said relative has FIBROMYALGIA! I cannot BELIEVE the disrespect toward chronic illness! He also wrote that they're not committed to treatment when they've been in therapy for years!

I feel so thankful to have found Adventure Psychological Services, in Vancouver, WA…read more I am newer to the world of therapy, and my experience over the last few weeks after beginning my sessions with Dr. Benjamin Neeley has been absolutely life changing. I experienced some personal trauma that I needed assistance with processing, and I was so impressed by how quickly Adventure Psychological Services and Dr. Neeley took action to help me be seen right away. I had called over ten Vancouver and Portland-based counseling offices, and was so impressed with the response I received from Adventure Psychological Services. Both Genevieve and Dr. Neeley at Adventure Psychological Services have gone above and beyond to assist me throughout the process of starting therapy, and have made everything as stress free as possible. Genevieve has been so helpful with all of my administrative questions and concerns, and has been so patient in helping me through the process of starting therapy under personally challenging circumstances. Dr. Neeley is down to earth, incredibly easy to talk to, and has provided me with valuable resources to aid in my self care and treatment. He provides a warm, calming atmosphere in which I feel safe and able to express myself comfortably and without any judgement. I feel so grateful that I found a therapist I worked well with right away, and am thankful to already be making progress in dealing with my personal trauma. I highly recommend Adventure Psychological Services and Dr. Benjamin Neeley.

Aaron changed my life. He is one of the greatest people I have ever met in my life. Sometimes I…read morefelt like I over-explained myself to him, but he always had a way of calming me down. One thing I really liked is that he had experienced the pain of being with a borderline personality disordered person himself, but really seemed to have healed and was really great at his own self work. He always offered me tea or water when I got there, & gave me tissues when I needed to cry, which was very much needed & appreciated. Sometimes the little things make all the difference in the world. He was able to empathize as well as encourage me to think rationally about so many situations. A master at breaking things down, he is truly the best of the best. Aaron, if you're reading this, I love you brother. Thank you so much for the support through the hardest times in my life. I'm feeling a power & energy like I've never felt. May you be blessed for years to come.

I've been seeing Aaron for over 3 years at this point, and it has been the best thing that I have…read moreever done for myself. I've seen so many therapists and psychiatrists throughout my life, and Aaron has helped me more than the rest of them combined. My quality of life has gotten better than I ever thought it could have ever gotten. COVID was an awful time for almost everyone, but I feel so incredibly lucky that I was able to work with Aaron during the hard times. I've never had a more consistent positive experience during the rough patches of life. Looking back at my life before I started seeing Aaron makes me shudder; I can't stress enough how much better my life has gotten through my work with him. I will continue to recommend him to anyone who is struggling and genuinely wants to get better.

I want to share my experience working with Claire Colaco. I have been seeing a therapist for a…read morelarge part of my adult life. I've experienced a wide range of skills and results. A year and a half ago, I started seeing Claire and immediately realized that I had found something new. Compassion, trust, accountability, and a strong desire to help me be successful. I had never experienced this level of attention, focus, and ultimately, a sense of success and happiness. Claire provides a comforting approach to dark and difficult places. She allows a natural progression through emotions, conversation, and action items. Therapy requires work, and sometimes we feel discouraged from continuing. Claire makes treatment feel like a mental serum for self-confidence, accomplishment, and motivation. I am a massive supporter of therapy and self-care. I am the best version of myself today because of my work with Claire. I am still working on things in my life, which I believe is a continuous process. Claire has become my grounding point for emotional and physical change in my life. If you are considering therapy or need a change, Claire Colaco is someone I highly recommend. Be kind to yourself. Allow space in your life for treatment. You will be amazed at how life can change with the proper guidance.

Claire Colaco is a compassionate and skilled therapist. Finding support in the form of therapy is a…read morevery individualized thing so if you have had an undesirable therapy experience in the past, I encourage you to call Claire. I personally think that everybody should be receiving counseling, whether it be for targeted issues (marriage, parenting, post partum help, depression, etc) or to be a better person in your life and relationships. Claire is a good one ... You can take take my word for it as a clinician and fellow human.

As a counselor I Am always impressed with those people that…read morejust seem born to help other people. Marisol is gifted and bright. She meets you where you are. I can't endorse her more She is great!

My husband and I went to Marisol at a time when we really needed help, and she teased out ten years…read moreworth of bad habits, misunderstandings, and codependency to set us on track to find a whole new way to be with one another. I have no doubt that Marisol saved our marriage, and helped us rediscover each other without the baggage we'd accumulated over the years. Furthermore, she suggested that we work individually for a while to address some of the trauma that both of us has gone through. I can say with no hesitation that the work I did with Marisol has changed my life; she made a space for me in which I could explore events in my past that I'd never even admitted had happened. I cannot express my gratitude enough, except to say thank you, and recommend anyone looking for help, individually or as a couple, go to Marisol.

Bad "therapists, if you want to call them that. We saw one "therapist" and she was VERY expensive,…read moreso we didn't send our kid to her. Then we tried another one and on our 2nd appointment she was late and on 3 out of 4 appointments we had she started each off by saying "so where were we last time, I forgot....". Very unprofessional.

I'm happy to say that after 3.5 years of doing a "therapeutic seperation", my marriage has mended &…read morewe are stronger/happier than ever. Besides the first couple of years of seeing specialist for the hard reason of why we were separated, we started seeing Dan Bates in October of 2017 & he has been AMAZING for us!!! I love how even when things were "going well", Dan would help us to navigate our experience & figure out why & what tools we could learn to use to help us to stay "doing well". He also helped us a lot with "family of orgin" which is what would cause us to feel disconnected from each other during certain times/situations when really it turned out to be miscommunication/interpration of things said/done based on what our home life was like growing up. Another great thing he has introduced us to doing is "halts". This is where we take moments throughout our day to tune into ourselves to figure out how we are feeling emotionally/physicall. If anyone is in the Vancouver/Camas WA area, & looking for an amazing counselor (for couples or personal), I so recommend Dan. His feedback/tips & insight are amazing. Here is his site: https://lacamascounseling.com/counselors/daniel-bates/ & the counseling office: https://www.facebook.com/lacamascounseling/ I've also seen Samantha there as well. She is very energetic, friendly, & relaxing to talk to. It's like hanging out with a best friend where I wish she wasn't my counselor so we could just hang out. LOL. :) Sam is who recommended my husband and I see Dan when I told her we wanted to do couple counseling. Her site is: https://lacamascounseling.com/counselors/samantha-cunningham/

Counselors who care, are easy to talk to and know their stuff! What more could you ask for.read more

If I could give this place a zero star I would…read more I paid $1425 a few days before my first appointment. Weeks before my appointment Erin, kept telling me to send money or else they wouldn't be able to help our family for three more months. (That should have been my first red flag). The fact that they needed money and right away BEFORE services were rendered? (I'm pretty sure we were their only clients at the time) I live a few blocks away and their parking lot is always empty. They totally lied when they said they wouldn't be able to get us in for another three months. Don't trust anything they say. Emails came in for weeks day and night. Sometimes at 9, 10 and 11pm. Litterly bothering me about money every day. That should have been another red flag. During my first appointment, my mom came with me. We sat down and Michael asked if we would like to know some information about himself before we got started. We agreed. We didn't want to be rude but as his story took 30 minutes of our hour long session I felt like we didn't get anywhere and at the same time I paid $80 dollars to hear his life story? After my second session I was handed a piece of paper that showed I owed $600 dollars. Wait, WHAT!?? I sent three emails to their office requesting to be put on a payment plan and I was denied. I explained my situation many times. I take care of my Mom, she just had a stroke two years ago and is fully retired. I have a lot of responsibilities and at the end of the month we go without in order to servive (I think a lot of people understand) My third email in regards to a payment plan stated "I would like to arrange a payment plan in order to move forward so I can continue to have a relationship with my daughter" Company did not respond. I asked if there were any organizations or companies that helps families pay for reunification and this was my response from these people..... "Not once did you ask for a payment plan or even make a payment". I then forwarded the four separate emails to Erin. No response. Do they even check their emails? In one month I was charged over $300 dollars for "phone calls and emails" I have paid $1425 for two visits and not to forget, the father of my child is also paying his portion as well. This company has already received more than $3000 dollars from us and they keep asking for more. I sent Michael an email asking about his prices and he sends me an entire full page email. At the top states "this email will take me apx 30 minutes to write so your looking at half of $190". They state they are affiliated with The BBB on their website. However, if you look them up they have a 1 star and they are NOT affiliated with The BBB. False advertisement I asked my daughter what she thought about her reunification counselor and she said that she doesn't feel comfortable talking to Michael and the few times she was in his office crying he said "wipe your tears and stop crying and be a big girl" (my daughter was 10 years old at that time) How is it possible that this evil counselor can even practice around children when they are clearly making things worse. After hearing all of these disturbing, and disgusting things from my daughter it was a very easy decision to make. We are never going back to that place. Cutting ties with this unorganized, rude, finger pointing, unprofessional, everything is your fault, makes up lies, accuses you for a reaction, scatter brained, can't remember names, can't remember dates, can't remember where documents are, gets off topic, can't remember where he left off, sends unwanted emails and then charges you for them, sends emails late at night 9pm, 10pm and 11pm and also cuts appointments short but still charges for the full amount. I have never felt so unheard in my life. My daughter will not even step foot in their office. They are rude and demanding. Very disrespectful, they will talk over you, they think they are better than anyone else. If you are reading this, RUN!!!!!

As part of an ongoing custody dispute between my wife and her ex, he continually threw anything and…read moreeverything he possibly could at us, to see what would stick, as well as try to exhaust us mentally, emotionally and financially. One of these tactics was to request a wholly unnecessary psychological evaluation of the child in question, despite there being no motivation or evidence that there was a need for such a thing. But that's the thing about narcissists: it's not about anyone else but themselves, even for their own children. A talented psychologist should be able to spot such manipulative and self-serving behavior on their own, but *especially* when evidence is provided to them of previous incidents, some of them quite damning, and all of them documented. Lies, slander, subterfuge, all of it on paper, and presented during preliminary interviews. Unfortunately, context and evidence apparently doesn't seem to matter here, and Dr. Jeff Lee has all of the personality and deductive reasoning of a flowchart. After a series of interviews with both parents, our son (my step son), and myself, and several thousand unnecessarily spent dollars later, the final determination in the report is that both households are healthy, safe and loving, finding neither of them in favor of the other. Sounds great, right? At the very least, not terrible. Here's the rub: despite our son being wholly in the custody of his mother for the five years since his birth; despite the fact that she has 90% of visitation time; despite the fact that he has two half-brothers that he has lived with his entire life; and despite the fact that *I* have spent more time as a father figure to him than his birth father, this "neutral" determination came with a recommendation for 50/50 custody, because... ...get this... ...his father's school district is rated slightly higher than ours. So Dr. Lee recommends that our son's entire life be uprooted, gutted and turned on its head, despite him being healthy, happy and functioning, within a complete family unit? In what way is this good for the health and well-being of a developing child? Not only was all the evidence of his birth father's conniving and manipulation ignored wholesale, he failed in every possible way, to do the very minimum, and using his intellect, training and reasoning to comprehend that maybe, *just maybe*, if nothing is broke in the child's life, stop trying to fix it. Show your work. Prove that something needs to be changed *for the child*, not the manipulative narcissist who just wants to get his way. Instead, Dr. Lee simply checked the boxes, followed the outline, and produced the most feeble, milquetoast, ineffectual report imaginable. And this is not an isolated incident; our attorney has discovered that, on at least one other occasion, Dr. Lee's reports have been challenged and thrown out of court; an expensive endeavor, but something we may consider going forward with in the future. If you want someone to root out the truth, and provide honest evaluation with a learned and critical eye that prioritizes the well-being of children involved in custody disputes, look elsewhere.