{"id":16,"date":"2013-08-29T02:30:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T02:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollygravely.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-09-19T21:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T21:08:06","slug":"portland-relationship-individual-counseling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pollygravely.com\/portland-relationship-individual-counseling\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pollygravely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Polly-119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-733 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pollygravely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Polly-119-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pollygravely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Polly-119-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/pollygravely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Polly-119.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">Here’s a little about my background and how I came to be a counselor.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>I grew up in England and came to America for college. After I graduated, I worked as a newspaper reporter in France and then Argentina. I returned to America for graduate studies at Columbia University’s journalism school, and afterwards worked as a reporter in the U.S. Senate in Washington DC.<\/p>\r\n<p>The political conflict was a grind, so I moved to Portland for some fresh air. At first, I worked as a freelance journalist and found my strength in connecting with people, in understanding and relating their stories. I pursued this further and shifted the angle toward psychology. I returned to graduate school and became a therapist.<\/p>\r\n<p>My husband and I have been together for more than 20 years and we have two teenage children. Psychologist David Schnarch calls marriage and committed relationships “the people growing machine.” My husband and I have faced our own hurdles and consequently grown. It is in part thanks to being a client in couples’ therapy that I derive my deep appreciation of the possibility of change and happiness that can come from counseling.<\/p>\r\n<p>I believe my theoretical learning and my life experience combine to help me be a thoughtful, empathic, and engaged therapist to assist people\u00a0through the many challenges of living.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in England and came to America for college. After I graduated, I worked as a newspaper reporter in France and then Argentina. I returned to America for graduate studies at Columbia University’s journalism school, and afterwards worked as a reporter in the U.S. Senate in Washington DC. 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