Clara offers therapy grounded in movement, art, and experiential process. Felt experience, dance, ceramics, and creativity weave into Clara’s counseling work, inviting bodies to respond in their own ways and honoring the intuition and wisdom already present in each being.

A first-generation American with a background steeped in movement, curiosity, and resourcefulness, Clara draws from a lifelong relationship with nature, making, and meaning. Practices through ceramics, biking, climbing, cooking, and everyday gestures of tending and play support Clara’s presence in the room and offer capacity for contact and connection.

Clara meets beings with warmth, humor, steadiness, and attention to sensation, story, and gesture. Understanding grows through shared orientation, noticing and exploring, rather than press through thoughts alone. This approach supports trauma-informed and culturally responsive care while staying grounded in real relationship.

Clara’s intention is to accompany beings toward steadiness, expression, dignity, and well-being that is grounded in lived experience and supported through bodyful connection, creativity, and movement.

Clara holds an M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Somatics emphasis) and an Ed.S. in Experiential Counseling from Prescott College, and a B.A. in Sociology from SUNY Purchase with minors in Sculpture, Dance, and Psychology. Training includes Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level I (Level II in progress), conflict mediation, experiential and arts-based practices, and nature- and adventure-informed approaches.

Clara is a Professional Counselor Associate in Oregon, working under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Counselor while completing required supervised hours. Full LPC licensure is anticipated in January 2026.

Services available in English, Spanish (Hablo español), and Russian (Я говорю по-русски).