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Whether you're looking for therapy or play therapy consultation, you're in the right place.

Use the links below to find your path. If you're not sure where to start, reach out anyway.

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FAQ

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  • I don't accept insurance at this time. I offer a sliding scale for both therapy and consultation — so if cost is a concern, please don't let that stop you from reaching out.

  • Individual therapy: $110–185 per 50-minute session
    Learn more about my sliding scale approach for therapy→

    Play therapy consultation: $100–175 per 50-minute session.
    Learn more about my sliding scale approach for consultation→

  • LCSW (Oregon) and LICSW (Washington). Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor (RPT-S), Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Supervisor, and a Sand Therapy Foundational Certificate through the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals.

  • Neurodivergent teens, neurodivergent adults, and adults more broadly — often parents. If you're not sure whether you're a fit, reach out anyway.

  • Yes.

  • My office is located at Portland Queer Healers' Collective — 2512 SE 25th Ave, Suite 206, Portland OR 97202.

    The entrance is on the side of the building on SE 25th Ave — look for the lighted column and keypad. Your door code will be sent upon booking. Take the elevator or stairs to the second floor and find Suite 206. Make yourself comfortable in the waiting room — I'll come get you.

    Bathrooms are down the hall to the left, and also on the third floor. Water is available in the lobby — bring your own cup if you can.

    You can see photos of my office and the building entrance on my Psychology Today profile →

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I don't send this often — only when something feels worth sharing. Mostly reflections on the work, on what I'm noticing, on what play and sand therapy keep teaching me.

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I'm Heather — AuDHD play therapist, sand therapy practitioner & devoted cat-mom.

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And I believe in relational magic. That moment when someone feels fully seen and something inside begins to shift.

I've spent sixteen years helping people explore the stories that shaped them through play, sand, and deeply witnessed relational work. Playful Integration offers a tender space to do that work. And when I'm not in the room, I'm probably painting, writing, or being supervised by my cat-son.

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