Lori Whittaker
I received my Master’s Degree (MSW) in Social Work from Portland State University, in 1998. From there, I became licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW #3018) in Oregon, in 2001, and in Washington (LICSW #8786), in 2006. My under-graduate work includes receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development/Family Relationships.
I have worked for over 30 years in the field of Social Services, to include working in the following positions: Juvenile court probation counselor, adolescent drug/alcohol counselor, adoption specialist, crime victims reparation officer, and agency therapist. My internships while in graduate school included working as a therapist at the YWCA’s Women’s Resource Center, and also at Samaritan Counseling Center.
I have been a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) since 1996. NASW’s Code of Ethics guides the ethics of my practice.
I have had extensive training in many different facets of therapy and social work. To keep my license active, I am required to take 20 hours of Continuing Education credit each year. Past trainings include:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness
- Clinical Supervision; Collaborative Supervision
- Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
- Existential Humanistic Psychology
- Attachment in Psychotherapy
- Bonding and Attachment
- Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman, level 1 (couples counseling)
- Collaborative Couples Therapy
- Bader-Pearson Couples Therapy
- Practical Application for Intimate Relationship Skills (PAIRS)
- Deepening Relationships in Couples Therapy
- Relationship Enrichment
- Pre-marital Counseling
- Positive Psychology
- Choice Theory
- Ethical Issues in Adoption
- Vipassana Meditation
- Parenting: STEP; Parenting With Love and Logic
- Treating Childhood Behavioral Problems
- Advanced Mental Health Treatment
- Best Practices in Child Dependency Cases
- Spiritual Direction
- Women and Leadership
- Men in Group Therapy
- Childhood Anorexia
- Social Work Ethics
- Issues Regarding Sexual Orientation