Tahlia Harrison, MA, MFTA
Marriage and Family Therapy Associate
Portland OR
My approach involves working together to help you examine how your inner and external relationships may be supporting or inhibiting your present life and future visions. I am committed to providing a culturally and contextually affirming practice and approach each session with curiosity, warmth, compassion, and respect for your unique lived experience. Whether you’re seeking therapy for the first time, returning to therapy, seeking a new therapist, or a therapist yourself, we will first begin by meeting you where you’re at. I am dedicated to bringing you an open, supportive, space and a willingness to challenge you (gently) when needed. With a collaborative approach, our work together will be responsive to your care needs while helping you connect to the tools you need to move through life with more fulfillment and peace.
As a therapist, I feel honored to regularly witness the transformation that occurs when people retune to themselves through the therapeutic process. I look forward to supporting you in developing a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships.
I hold a Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy from Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Counseling, a program centering systemically oriented, culturally competent, antiracist, clinical training; this approach accounts for the cultural, social, and spiritual issues that shape the whole person. I am committed to continual work in these areas and understanding how my identities enter the therapy room and the spaces I occupy outside of it.
In addition to my work as a therapist, I am an active researcher and bioethicist with a second Master of Arts in Bioethics and Science Policy at Duke University. I am currently continuing my research through doctoral study at the University of Ottawa in experimental psychology and psychedelic therapies with Dr. Monnica Williams at her Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities. My research examines topics at the intersection of bioethics, psychedelic-assisted therapy research, culturally responsive clinical practice, trauma, social determinants of health, and health disparities. I believe it is an ethical responsibility to advocate and work to change systems that cause harm to the people I am entrusted to serve in my therapeutic practice and the world at large. Alongside my clinical work, I am passionate about advocating for policy reform, offering robust ethics education, and creating psychoeducational materials for clinicians and partners aligned within healthcare.