Meet Helene D Krothe, LMFT

I'm Helene Krothe (She/They), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). I provide systemic and trauma growth oriented therapy. My private practice office is located within the South Eugene Wellness Center, a safe and confidential environment that centers the health of the whole person to grow, ground, and implement helpful changes in their lives. I see my role as a therapist is to walk alongside you collaboratively while you build on your internal gifts, attempt to listen to the fears that can inhibit courage, and bring forth the solutions from within. Through a humanistic, anti-oppression, anti-racist framework, I support teens and adults with identity dynamics, gender affirmation, and the processes of healing from traumatic experiences. I encourage individuals to access empowerment and change through personal, familial, community, and system participation.

My Approach

I believe that therapy cannot be helpful unless a person is and feels respected and understood in their phase of life, developmental needs, cultures, resiliency and risks, ability to access community resources, privileges, and traumas. I take a relational approach to therapy, since relationships are a significant factor in the quality of one's life. I utilize the adaptive wisdom of emotions and body awareness to improve the quality of a person’s relationships with themselves and others. I work to support safety within my role so as client's cultural self-identities (spiritual, sexual, gender, ability, ethnic, romantic, heritage, community memberships and beyond) are honored and understood.

I integrate the following models and frameworks:

  • Internal Family Systems
  • Somatic and Polyvagal theory rooted therapies
  • Attachment and relational models
  • Mindfulness and Meditation
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Narrative therapy
  • SAFE EMDR
  • The research of leading experts in trauma and intrapersonal neuropsychology: Bessel Van Der Kolk; Brene Brown; Deb Dana; Steven Porges; Resmaa Menakem; Daniel J. Siegel; and Bruce Perry.

Presenting Concerns

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Trauma and post traumatic growth
  • Adjustments to life transitions
  • Grief and loss
  • Sexual abuse / assault
  • Gender and sexual identities
  • Gender affirmation consultation and letter writing
  • Relationship and attachment difficulties
  • Children or adult children of parents with addiction
  • Self Esteem

Credentials

I'm a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) through the State of Oregon. I abide by the Code of Ethics of the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists (OBLPCT), and the Oregon Revised Statutes related to my field of practice. For more on this, please see my Professional Disclosure Statement below.

Personal Disclosure Statement

Here is some additional information about my practice as required by the Oregon Revised Statutes and the OBLPCT, and my Professional Board