Meet our amazing team
CO-FOUNDER, MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Christopher Leesman, DO (he/him)
Board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, Dr. Leesman developed a holistic practice that supports individuals on their wellness path. He emphasizes treatments that focus on the root cause, not just treating symptoms. He subsequently became interested in psychedelics as a way to approach mental health in a similar way. After training and certification at the Psychedelic Research and Training Institute in 2020, he began providing ketamine assisted psychotherapy in the following Spring. He continues to be amazed and grateful for the meaningful change he regularly witnesses in clients. He has furthered his clinical skills by gaining further certification on group psychedelic treatments and is excited to bring this powerful modality to both the office and retreat environments.
Outside of the office, he enjoys numerous outdoor activities including travel, rock climbing, mountain biking, and mountaineering.
Dr. Leesman maintains membership with the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association.
CO-FOUNDER, CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Tracy Lenee Bluhm, LMFT (she/her)
Tracy has always been in the helping fields. Her undergraduate degree was in integrative studies in medicine and agriculture with a particular focus on cross-cultural practices of health. She went on to become a midwife and helped families in rural settings prepare for one of the most important stages in their lives. From there, she received her graduate degree in couples and family therapy and has been practicing as a therapist for a decade. Tracy created an integrated mental health branch in a local, independent medical clinic to offer collaborate and comprehensive care to those who had limited access. This is where she developed her specialty in medical family therapy, offering comprehensive and unique care that tends to the whole person.
Tracy specializes in psychedelic integration therapy and has worked with Dr. Leesman to offer comprehensive ketamine treatment to the community. She utilizes her expertise in managing chronic illness and whole-person care to offer a unique experience in therapy. Along with supporting her own clients, she is a clinical supervisor to other therapists.
She has two children of her own, and a slew of animals. Tracy is passionate about athletics, family, friends, community, and nature.
THERAPIST
Jess White, Professional Counselor Associate, R-DMT (she/they)
Jess White, Professional Counselor Associate, R-DMT is an Oregon registered Professional Counselor Associate, a Registered Dance/Movement Therapist, and holds a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling specializing in Dance/Movement Therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. She brings 14 years of experience in supporting healing, personal growth, and transformation for humans, initially as a massage therapist, yoga therapist, and conscious dance facilitator. She combines her body-based background and training with a client-centered and intersectional feminist lens on growth and healing. She approaches counseling as a collaborative relationship with emphasis on building resilience and honoring strengths.
Jess works with adults, older teens, and couples. Her areas of focus include neurodivergence (ADHD, autism, and more), trauma, parenting and burnout, grief, anxiety, chronic pain, gender and identity exploration, and climate anxiety. She brings compassion, deep listening, and playfulness as needed to support clients in their process. She has an integrative, holistic orientation to counseling that recognizes the whole person: body, mind, soul, and spirit.
At home, Jess has one bio kid and one step/bonus kid, her partner and cat. She spends time dancing, in nature, reading fantasy/sci fi, doodling, and exploring.
THERAPIST
Dominic Lathos, LPC, NCC (he/him)
Dominic Lathos is a Licensed Professional Counselor originally from Sacramento, CA. Dominic earned his Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bushnell University in December, 2020. Dominic utilizes an integrative approach to therapy based on his experiences completing a bachelor's degree in Anthropology at Washington College in Chestertown, MD as well as his time spent abroad in South Africa for six months during his junior year. Dominic is particularly interested in demystifying the counseling process by taking a person centered and integrative approach to his work. Dominic values transparency and empowerment within the counseling process and uses CBT, Solutions Focused Brief Therapy, and a Strengths-Based Approach to empower clients to make better sense of their path forward. The collaborative nature of Dominic's clinical work seeks to encourage progress and creativity towards the completion of client goals as well as connect clients to their community.
Dominic is an avid fan of basketball and soccer as well as enjoys reading, playing video games, and hiking in his spare time. Dominic also loves spending time with his cats and often finds himself at live music events in Portland.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Laurel Titus (she/her)
Laurel is a graduate student in Northwestern University master’s program in clinical mental health counseling. She is passionate about helping individuals discover their unique definitions of health and wellness and develop skills and tools that honor those definitions. She values each client’s personal narrative and the way that family systems have affected their lives. Laurel uses an integrative approach to design interventions that meet people where they are and respect each person’s unique experience. She seeks strong therapeutic alliances with her clients to help them reach their goals for therapy.
Laurel grew up in Eugene, Oregon and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology at the University of San Francisco. She has lived in several cities around the world, traveled extensively, allowing her to develop a deep appreciation for diverse cultures.
In her free time, Laurel connects with nature by saying yes to any outdoor adventure opportunity! She stays active with yoga, running, and disc golf. During rainy winter months, you can find her cooking and baking, at basketball games, attending concerts, or lost in a good book.
THERAPIST
Erika Gabonay, LMFT (she/her)
Erika Gabonay, MS, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and holds a master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy from University of Oregon. Building on her background working with families in the field of education, Erika takes a strengths-based, compassionate approach to working with clients. She is interested in the way stories shape the way we see the world and interconnection with nature as a healing force.
Erika’s work with clients is a collaborative, compassionate effort to improve well-being by amplifying and expanding strengths. Her approach to therapy is rooted in family systems theory and the narrative therapy model. This means she considers how the client’s experiences, relationships, identities and larger systemic issues contribute to the presenting problem. Areas of focus include grief and loss, medical family therapy, women’s issues, life transitions, relationship issues, depression, anxiety, and ecotherapy. She works with individuals, couples, and families.
In her free time, she enjoys gardening, playing music, and spending time with friends and family.
THERAPIST
Jordyn Hohstadt, LPC (she/her)
Jordyn Hohstadt, graduated from the University of Oregon’s couples and family therapy program in 2020. She grew up in rural North-Eastern Oregon and graduated with her undergraduate degree in psychology from Eastern Oregon University, being honored as Outstanding Student of Psychology in 2016. She takes a collaborative approach in therapy, co-constructing solutions for the problems you are experiencing. Jordyn believes therapy should be an individualized experience, focusing on your unique context and circumstances.
She has extensive experience working with teens, young people, and families in navigating the transitions and stressors of young adulthood. She is passionate about working with members of the queer/LBGTQIA+ community both individually and as a family or couple. Jordyn specifically works with people with queer sexual identities and gender diversity, reinforcing internal supports and bolstering strengths for engaging in a cis-heteronormative society. Jordyn works with a variety of client presenting concerns including anxiety disorders, relational concerns, parenting concerns, gender and identity exploration, body image and self-esteem, and neurodiversity.
When Jordyn is not working, she enjoys spending time with her spouse and cats. You may find her playing Dungeons and Dragons, painting, or attending concerts.
THERAPIST
Nicole Jennings, LMFT (she/her)
Nicole believes in the strength and courage of her clients. Prior to her work as a therapist, she spent 10 years teaching people with visual impairments ways to safely and independently navigate their world in order to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. She takes the same approach to her work as a therapist by prioritizing collaborative goal-setting and individualized treatment to help each client embrace their full potential.
Nicole holds a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has additional training in EMDR. Her work takes a wholistic approach to the individual, considering all the ways in which people are impacted by their relationships, experiences, culture and identity. Nicole’s strength as a therapist lies in her ability to form a strong and collaborative alliance with her clients as they work together to meet therapeutic goals. She specializes in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, bipolar disorders, OCD, life transitions, divorce counseling, and mental health considerations of physical pain or disability. Her approaches are both evidence-based and strengths-focused.
In her free time, Nicole enjoys spending time with her family of humans and dogs, tending to her plants, knitting or trying to convince someone else to cook dinner.
THERAPIST
Somen Maiti, Professional Counselor Associate (he/him)
Somen Maiti believes that his clients are the experts in their own lives, and utilizes a collaborative approach in order to meet every client’s unique and individual mental health needs. Somen holds a master’s degree in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from Western Oregon University.
Somen values the importance of representation in the mental health world and maintains a passion for assisting the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities. He approaches therapy from a nonjudgmental and open standpoint so that his clients can work towards their mental health goals in a safe and welcoming environment. He utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal-Informed Therapy to help his clients restructure their erroneous beliefs surrounding various situations that may have created emotional and behavioral disturbances, while also helping them engage in acceptance and mindfulness strategies that foster behavioral changes and encourages cognitive flexibility. Somen’s areas of specialty include anxiety, depression, self-esteem work, minority stress, identity/sexuality stress, and racial identity work.
In his free time, Somen enjoys spending time with his partner and their pets, running, hiking, cooking, and reading fiction novels.
THERAPIST
Billie Travelstead, MSW, CSWA (she/her)
Billie believes that choosing to seek therapy is a radical act of self-love. The first step in a journey that may not always be easy, but can allow one to more consciously create the life they desire. This gift of introspection and healing is one only you can give yourself, and she is honored to walk beside those who choose this path.
Though she draws from a number of theories and techniques, she is always strengths based and trauma informed in her practice. She often draws from theories of mindfulness, neurobiology, and self-compassion, and is a strong believer in providing both grounding and solution focused techniques that allow you to continue your personal introspection well after the time spent in session.
Billie is also a certified American Sign Language Interpreter and would be happy to work with those who communicate most comfortably in ASL. Billie received a Bachelors in Deaf Studies from Cal. State, Northridge then moved back to the Northwest to get a Masters in Social Work from Portland State University, with a focus on social justice and community based social work. She has done work in criminal justice settings and community non-profits but worked primarily in higher education in a number of roles- supporting first-generation college students, teaching life skills and emotional intelligence, and assisting employees with disabilities with accommodations.
Billie is a life-long learner who enjoys travel, crocheting, a good book, writing for reflection, yoga, her nieces and nephew, adventures with my partner, all night talks and laughing until her cheeks hurt.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Adrian Tepperman (he/him)
Adrian is a counseling graduate student at Naropa University, where he is pursuing a master's degree in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling. He earned his undergraduate degree in Community Studies from the University of California Santa Cruz and has worked on social justice issues in rural communities. Adrian believes in the interconnectedness of personal transformation and community, and he uses mindfulness and somatic practices to help clients develop self-compassion and deepen self-awareness.
His primary modalities are Internal Family Systems and Gestalt therapy, which he uses to help clients rediscover how to live a meaningful life aligned with their values. He works with individuals who are experiencing life transitions, disconnection to self and others, or who are struggling with a loss of purpose in life.
In addition to his counseling work, Adrian is passionate about community, nature, meditation, and the healing arts. He has participated in group silent meditation retreats in nature, which have deepened his appreciation for the healing aspects of community and nature. Adrian lives in Corvallis, Oregon, with his wife and two children.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Jess Porquez (she/her)
Jess is a graduate student in the clinical mental health counseling program at Northwestern University. She is committed to collaborating with clients across the lifespan to hone and focus their inherent strengths on achieving their therapeutic goals.
Using trauma-informed integrative therapy, Jess helps clients develop tools and strategies that incorporate self-reflection, empowerment, and mindfulness to more effectively navigate challenges. Jess is interested in how systems have shaped both the intersectional identities and experiences (individual and collective) individuals bring to the table, and is passionate about promoting mental healthcare access within marginalized communities in particular.
Jess worked previously in wildlife research and believes in the healing power of nature and its inherent teachings. She lives in Newport, Oregon and in her free time enjoys reading, exploring forested and underwater worlds, foraging, and growing and making many things with her children.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Rebecca Merrill (she/they)
Rebecca is currently earning a master’s degree in mindfulness-based transpersonal therapy from Naropa University. Rebecca is committed to maintaining a therapeutic container that is informed by anti-racism, cultural literacy, and feminist theory.
Rebecca earned her undergraduate degree in painting and works as a tattoo artist. Both personally and professionally, she has pursued paths that center around creative expression and examining the human condition. This carries over into her therapeutic style as she approaches communication as an art form and aims to help you find your most authentic voice.
Therapy sessions with Rebecca are supportive, focused on your unique needs and strengths, and solution-oriented. She emphasizes mindful self-compassion and somatic experiences as tools for building and maintaining a stronger relationship with yourself.
Rebecca has experience supporting various populations, and has particular interest in art therapy and sex therapy. She spends her spare time gardening and enjoying the outdoors with her partner and two dogs.
THERAPIST
Taylor Gjesdal, LPC (she/her)
Taylor is a licensed professional counselor and holds a master’s degree in Couples and Family Therapy from the University of Oregon. Her undergraduate degree was completed at Pacific Lutheran University, where she majored in Psychology and minored in Sociology.
Taylor works from a collaborative, strengths-based and systemic perspective. She utilizes trauma-informed CBT, solution-focused therapy (SFT) and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) to further support and empower her client's in reaching their therapeutic goals. Taylor works to deepen her client’s understanding of their mental, physical and emotional experiences while actively assisting clients in building tangible and accessible coping tools/skills.
Taylor often utilizes a balance of humor, warmth, curiosity and openness in sessions and values the process of building trust and safety with her clients. She strives to deepen her understanding of her client's needs and assist them in their journey towards personal growth.
Taylor works with older teens, individuals and couples. Her areas of focus include anxiety, depression, chronic illness/pain, sexual/intimacy concerns and relational conflict. Taylor is also passionate about working with those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
In her free time, she enjoys reading a good book, going on walks, painting and spending time with her family and friends.
THERAPIST
Taryn Borsch, LCSW
Taryn has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2019, and practicing psychotherapy since 2015. Taryn believes interpersonal connection is the foundation of mental health, and in the importance of creating an empowering environment where truths can be heard and felt. Taryn specializes in trauma therapy and has training in Cognitive Processing Treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. She has particular experience and passion for working with indigenous peoples of the United States, formerly incarcerated people, and with the LGBTQ community. Open/poly friendly.
Taryn primarily uses mindfulness based interventions, along with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Outside the therapy room, Taryn lives with her partner Rose and cat Coraline. She enjoys dancing, reading, hiking, floating on the river, and watching her cat explore the garden.
PHYSICIAN - Osteopathic Manipulation
Yu Matsumoto, DO (he/him)
Dr. Matsumoto spent his formative years romping around northern CA in the town of Sebastopol. He ventured off to learn some of the dysfunctions of the world and its complex interconnectedness during his time at University of California Santa Barbara in the Global Studies program. Carried by the youthful momentum of wanting to be a positive agent of change, he went to medical school at Touro University in Vallejo, CA. He was immediately enthralled with osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) as a witness, patient, and practitioner. He moved to Corvallis for his internship and family medicine residency training for its great OMM opportunities. Although his training has been somewhat conventional, he has stayed inline with the osteopathic approach to treat the whole person. He has focused his efforts to let health express itself in our complex interconnected bodies by addressing areas of restriction through OMM.
He treats infants, children, and adults, including pregnant women from a traditional osteopathic approach. OMM can be helpful for somatic pain, traumatic injuries, and chronic conditions unresponsive to conventional treatment.
Dr. Matsumoto is a member of the Cranial Academy and American Osteopathic Association.
Outside of the office, Dr. Matsumoto can be found cooking, hiking, painting, and/or traveling with his wife, daughter, and son. He can also be found on the ice playing hockey, primarily in Eugene.
MASSAGE THERAPIST
Alex Poling, LMT (she/her)
Alex stumbled into massage therapy somewhat by accident. After earning an undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Oregon, she enrolled in Lane Community College’s massage program as a stepping stone before applying to grad school. While in the program, however, she was amazed to learn how massage could positively impact physical and mental health. She also noticed that there wasn’t a lot of talk about how to meet the needs of who wanted massage, but weren’t necessarily comfortable receiving touch.
With over five years of experience working in non-profit organizations that offered support and resources to folks dealing with IPV and survivors of sexual assault, she began to try and craft a trauma-informed approach to her work. It is less - she believes - about a particular modality, and more about having the flexibility to work with clients to craft a massage experience that feels safe and comfortable. She has gone on to teach continuing education classes for other massage therapists to introduce a trauma-informed, client empowerment approach to massage; as well as spending a year teaching at a massage school. In addition, she has found there is an undeniably therapeutic aspect to her work. Ten years into her career, she has had the privilege of working alongside clients with fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, cancer, chronic pain, PTSD, and more to improve their quality of life.
After seventeen years of living, learning, and working in Eugene, Alex moved back to Corvallis. In her spare time you can often find her hunting waterfalls or exploring the Oregon Coast with a camera in hand.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Steve Williams, M.Ed (he/him)
Steve is a counseling graduate student at Marquette University, where he is pursuing a master’s degree in clinical Mental Health Counseling. As a 17-year veteran first responder, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner, Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Oregon State University in 2007, a Paramedic degree from Oregon Health and Science University in 2008, and a master’s degree in education from Western Oregon University in 2015.
Steve brings his love for learning into the therapeutic environment by blending psychoeducation with a trauma-informed and emotion-focused approach to address a broad range of issues that affect clients from a variety of backgrounds.
Steve lives in Corvallis with his wife and two children. In his spare time, he enjoys fly fishing, reading, and spending time with family.
THERAPIST
Stephanie McLain, MFT Associate (she/her)
Stephanie is a Marriage & Family Therapist Associate who earned her master’s after nearly a decade of service to individuals, children, and families in a variety of roles, from Doula to Family Support Specialist. Walking with families through loss and life hardship imparted on Stephanie a deep care and understanding for those recovering from developmental and complex trauma, who are seeking a brighter life forward, not only for themselves but for their children.
Stephanie believes that by nurturing and healing the individual, families will thrive, and that when families thrive, the entire world benefits.
Stephanie understands that deep healing involves addressing mind, body, and soul. Through an integrative approach to therapy, she utilizes Attachment-based models, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and Mindfulness-based interventions to tailor therapy to the individual. Stephanie has particular interest and experience with supporting individuals in the processing of their developmental trauma, as well as in supporting individuals and families through the perinatal period, first five years of parenting, and in navigating restoration in parent/adult-child relationships.
Outside of therapy, Stephanie loves reading, adventures with her family, yoga, novelty, and connecting with others.
PSYCHIATRIST
Danielle Gomez, MD
Dr. Gomez is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certified psychiatrist. She embraces a holistic, trauma informed approach to treatment and is able to provide psychiatric evaluation and ongoing treatment through psychotherapy (talk therapy) and psychopharmacology (prescribing medications). She believes that psychiatric medication is most effective when the care is patient centered and supported by psychotherapy, an active lifestyle, community, healthy relationships and a nutrition rich diet. She is passionate about helping people navigate mental health conditions to live a meaningful life. Dr. Gomez completed her psychiatry residency training program at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center here in Corvallis. She has worked in mental health clinics in the Corvallis area as well as inpatient mental health settings in Oregon. Most recently Dr. Gomez was teaching mental health related topics to medical students in Barbados. Outside the office she does what she can to practice the lifestyle she recommends to her patients, by taking calming walks in nature, reading, investing in healthy relationships, building community, traveling, cooking, gardening and getting enough rest.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Jillian Alden (she/her)
Jillian is a graduate student with Antioch University Seattle’s master’s program in clinical mental health counseling and drama therapy. She was born and raised in the Willamette Valley, and graduated Cum Laude from University of Washington, Tacoma in 2020 with a bachelor of arts in psychology. Jillian is passionate about bringing a trauma-informed lens to all elements of her practice, and serving communities that are historically underserved.
Jillian is guided by several theories and techniques in her practice, believing that clients are the expert of their own experiences, and that treatment should be something that therapist and client decide on together. She is trained in both traditional talk-therapy as well as in drama therapy, and has training in a variety of psychological and systemic approaches for working with individuals and families. She utilizes a variety of creative art therapy techniques including role-play, improvisation, psychodrama, embodied story-telling, and movement to address symptom relief and personal growth. Jillian believes that using techniques from drama therapy to embody and visualize an experience or emotion can bring new clarity and understanding that isn’t always available through words.
In her personal time, Jillian enjoys spending time with her partner, her step/bonus kid and their cats. She also enjoys crocheting, playing games with her friends, and collecting new experiences. Outside the clinic, she can often be found at the theater – acting, directing, attending, or helping in the background.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Karina De La Cruz (she/her)
Karina is a third year graduate student at the University of Phoenix in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Oregon State University. Karina believes that every individual should have access to mental health services regardless of their circumstances. Karina integrates her life experience with clinical training and education to offer a well-rounded approach. She has a strong practice is cultural humility and supports Spanish speaking clients. In her spare time, Karina likes to take her dogs on long walks and enjoy her latest playlist of music.
THERAPY GRADUATE STUDENT
Jenna Hessel (she/her)
Jenna is a graduate student in Northwestern University's master’s program in clinical mental health counseling. Her background in psychology, philosophy, and cultural anthropology has created a lasting interest in humanity as a whole as well as how individual people live within, struggle with, and come to understand the society around them. She is passionate about helping individuals build lifelong resilience, well-being, and happiness.
Jenna approaches counseling as an opportunity to create a collaborative, empathetic, and trusting relationship. She utilizes a non-pathologizing, integrative, and holistic approach to design treatment plans tailored to each client’s needs. She draws from principles of psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and experiential therapy.
As a 500-hour certified yoga teacher, Jenna also enjoys incorporating body-based approaches, mindfulness, and meditation into her work as a counselor.
In her free time, Jenna enjoys baking sourdough bread, reading, painting, taking long walks in the rain, and lifting weights.