Important Information About My Services

While I hold a Master's in Counseling Psychology and extensive training in various therapeutic modalities, I want to be clear that I am not a licensed psychotherapist or medical provider. As a Relational Somatic Ketamine Counselor, I provide support, guidance, and integration services, but I do not diagnose or treat mental health conditions.

If you have received mental health diagnoses from healthcare providers, I welcome the opportunity to work with you as part of your broader support system. I encourage all clients to maintain relationships with their licensed healthcare providers, including therapists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians, who can provide medical oversight and mental health treatment.

My role is to:

  • Provide support during ketamine sessions prescribed by licensed medical professionals

  • Offer integration counseling and somatic awareness practices

  • Guide personal growth and development work

  • Support your exploration of expanded states of consciousness

  • Help you develop deeper relationships with yourself and others

My role is not to:

  • Diagnose mental health conditions

  • Provide medical advice or treatment

  • Prescribe or manage medications

  • Replace the care of licensed mental health professionals

  • Provide crisis intervention services

I am happy to coordinate with your existing healthcare team to ensure you receive comprehensive, integrated care that supports your overall wellbeing.

Meet Oriyah

Welcome

I’m so glad you are here!

Being human isn’t easy, is it? So much of our suffering stems from a lack of connection. Connection to Self. Connection to others. Connection to spirit and the natural world. It would be my greatest honor to have the opportunity to help you deepen and strengthen these connections along your healing journey. So much of our pain in this life can be traced back to the root cause of relational wounding from our families of origin, often leaving us later in life experiencing stuckness in unhealthy relationship patterns, isolation, loneliness, feeling misunderstood, unseen, and without a sense of purpose or belonging or simply like something is missing we we just need someone to help us find the keys to unlock our potential. The only way to heal these relational wounds is in relationship. A therapeutic relationship is a great place to lean into these edges and build a deeper relationship to yourself while staying in connection with ‘other' in service to building more healthy and thriving relationships everywhere in your life.

Let’s help you deeply remember and find your way home to:

  • Your Self

  • Your heart’s longing

  • Meaningful, deep and conscious relationships

  • Alignment with your life’s purpose and soul’s calling

  • Right relationship with the natural world

My Approach

Through ritual, ceremony, experiential, relational and somatic therapeutic modalities and the intentional use of Ketamine, we will co-create a safe enough space for you to open up, melt the layers of armoring, befriend the many aspects or ‘parts’ of you that have been in hiding or exile, and access your deepest questions, pains and struggles in order to help you transform them into a more juicy and fulfilled life.

Tangible change and real transformation is what I want for you. I know you are capable of letting go of patterns, habits, and survival strategies that your psyche understandably created in order to survive, yet are no longer serving you and together we can support you in creating new healthier strategies to getting your needs met and actualizing your dreams!

You may love working with me if you have ever felt ‘different’, lost, stuck, overwhelmed, or longed for something ‘more’ in this life. If you are experiencing grief, heartbreak, fear, inertia, pain, longing, or confusion about where to go next let’s make space for these feelings to be felt and moved through, together.

If you have experienced plant medicine or other psychedelic journeys and need help integrating the insights, understanding the deeper layers and bringing them into your daily life in a meaningful and palpable way, there is a lot of work we can do together. Or, if you are brand new to expanded states of consciousness - welcome! There is still a lot of wonderful work we can do together!

If you have felt a hunger to grow, and evolve and face your shadows in order to make significant breakthroughs and take action toward the life you want to live and to become the you that deep down inside, you know you truly are - let’s join forces!

Who I Work Best With

  • People who pursue personal growth

  • spiritually-oriented or curious folks

  • Creatives and artists

  • Healers and therapists

  • Educators and activists

  • Mothers and new parents

  • Neurodivergent folks and Highly Sensitive People

  • Dancers and those who are somatically focused

  • Adventurers and travelers

  • Critical thinkers and rebels

  • Heart-led leaders and visionaries

  • anyone really, who is on this human journey and would like some support along the way.

My Training and Experience

I have 25 years experience working with the intentional use of psychedelics and expanded states of consciousness and have devoted my life in the service of helping others heal trauma, create lasting change and become the most fully expressed version of themselves.

I hold a Masters in Counseling Psychology and extensive training in transformational coaching, Hakomi Therapy and other Mindfulness-Based Somatic healing modalities such as trauma-attuned Relational Attachment Work, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or ‘Tapping’) and Compassionate Communication. I also value and integrate the wisdom of Interpersonal Neurobiology.

I’ve trained in several approaches to psychedelic therapy and integration work and have been certified by InnerTrek in Psilocybin Facilitation.

My Commitment

When we work together, you're not just getting support - you're gaining a committed ally in your healing journey. I bring my full presence, deep curiosity, decades of experience, and deep belief in the transformative power of relationship to every session. Whether we're navigating major life transitions, grief, heartbreak, fear, or confusion, or working towards your goals and celebrating your wins we'll create space for all of it, together.

The path of healing isn't always easy, but it's infinitely worthwhile. I'm here to support you in becoming ever-more the person you know, deep down, you truly are.

If Soul Work speaks to you, you’ll find good company here. If mining your shadows for gems and turning lead into gold is something that calls to you, let’s see what alchemy is possible when we use the healing power of our relationship to help transform your wounds into your greatest gifts.

I look forward to connecting!

  • Testimonials

    Oriyah possesses a remarkable ability to create a healing space that accommodates any emotional emergence, and her unwavering faith in the potential for people to heal is truly a gift to the world. Through our collaborative efforts, I found true liberation. Certain truths about the world and myself, which I grappled with before meeting Oriyah, underwent a profound, immediate and positive transformation.

    My soul emerged from a dungeon and now basks in the light. It has been three years since our initial meeting, and I cannot emphasize enough the potency of this transformative work, coupled with Oriyah's wisdom, kindness, and unwavering presence. I am eternally grateful, as is my family.”

    — D.M. ~ Filmmaker

  • Testimonials

    “My journey with Oriyah was held with such reverence. She made me feel safe and seen every step of the way. The initial sessions allowed her to know more about me and what my struggles and intentions were. She created a sacred and gentle space for me.

    During my journey, I never felt rushed and she allowed my experience to unfold. During our integration work, Oriyah continued to support me in a very loving way.

    In the months that have followed my experience working with Oriyah, my life has opened up in so many ways. It hasn't all been a straight line and it hasn't all been pretty, but it cracked me open in just the right way. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She is nurturing, strong, smart, playful, grounded, and knows her stuff.”

    — L.P. - Chiropractor, Breathwork Facilitator

  • Testimonials

    For nearly 60 years I had been haunted by a childhood trauma that had affected me and most of my personal relationships. My journey helped me understand how and why those events caused me so much pain and insecurity. Pain and insecurity that compromised my trust in others.  I found forgiveness for those who hurt me as well as for myself and how my compensating behaviors hurt others. Oriyah guided me with wisdom, empathy, and warmth.   Despite the intensity of the session and all it revealed, I felt safe and secure throughout.

    I cannot imagine a better person to share this the journey with. In the days and weeks following this experience I began to see myself in a new way. I feel an unprecedented gratitude for all those who have supported me since childhood. Now, months later, I believe I have integrated this new self awareness into my everyday life. I have let go of the trauma’s burden that I have held for so long. It is a bit like taking off a heavy backpack after a long rough hike. 

    B.W. ~ Professional Artist & Retired College Professor

  • Testimonials

    My Journey with Oriyah was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. It changed me. I can say without hesitation that the healing work I have done with Oriyah has made me a better person. ~B.W.

Contact Oriyah.


(503) 939-9356

Rates: $200 per hour
Reduced Rate: $150 per hour

If you are experiencing financial hardship, please let us know. We want to work with you.


Portland OR, 97214