Andrea J Tyler

As an intensively-trained and adherent therapist of Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), I specialize in working with clients who have complex issues including personality and/or mood disorders, self-directed violence (suicide, self-harm), eating/feeding disorders, trauma, and co-occurring substance abuse. I am honored to walk alongside clients in their journey to healing, wholeness and creating the life they hope for. Therapy isn’t fun; it’s productive and relieving, but not fun. Therapy takes hard work and courage; it can be difficult, uncomfortable and is often a painful process. In DBT, our view is not that the therapist is “more than” or “better than” the client; therapy is a partnership. In our work together, I support clients who are stuck in suffering and emotional pain and struggling to cope in daily life to learn lifelong skills and behaviors to more effectively manage and resolve their concerns in healthy, effective ways. Other therapeutic modalities I utilize include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE). the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) therapeutic framework, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Radically-Open DBT (RO-DBT), and Temperament-Based Therapy with Support (TBT-S). I am working towards certification as an Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp); am a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor (CIEC) of Tribole's & Resch's Intuitive Eating® framework; and follow the Health At Every Size (HAES) principles. I am an avid learner and continue to seek out specialized trainings and expert consultation in all the areas I focus my work in order to remain current and provide the best services to my clients. I have also completed specialized training through the Center for Deployment Psychology to be an approved provider for military personnel -active duty, retired, or reserve - and their families. I am a native Oregonian and grew up in a very rural area in the northeast part of the state. I attended college first at Oregon State University (go Beavs!) before moving to Georgia where I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and attended graduate school to receive my Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I lived in Las Vegas for a few years working with adolescents in a substance use treatment program before moving back to rural Northeast Oregon to raise my son. Following his graduation from high school, I accepted a therapist position with a community mental health program which resulted in a move to the western side of the state. I am now exclusively in private practice serving adults across all of Oregon via teletherapy. And I am happy to once again be within a short drive to the Oregon coast!