Learn About Our Diverse
Team of Experts
Coaches + Consultants
Amy Kleiner
Amy earned a BA in Biology from Colorado College, an M Ed. from the University of Oregon, and spent over 20 years as a public-school educator and principal. For over a decade, Amy’s work in both the public and private sectors has focused on transformative justice, racial justice, and problems of practice rooted in the socially constructed hierarchies tied to identity groups. As a white person herself, Amy’s affinity work with white-identifying clients understands that racialized oppression harms each of us and that we, white people, must commit to reckoning with uncomfortable truths, changing our beliefs and actions to help foster interracial liberation, and that this is “forever” work without an end point. Because individual racial identity development is connected to one’s personal racial identity, much of Amy’s practice occurs in white affinity spaces. In multiracial settings or with non-white clients, Amy teams with a partner whose racial identity is different from her own. As clients deepen and develop their own racial identities, their internal work extends into their communities, organizations, and businesses at large, anchoring permanent climate and culture changes in liberatory practices.
Andrew B. Mendenhall
Dr. Andrew Mendenhall is a graduate of Oregon Health and Sciences University and completed Family Medicine Residency and a Leadership Fellowship at OHSU. He is board certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Addiction Medicine and the American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Mendenhall co-founded HealthWorks NW with Dr. Paul Conti in 2009 and participated in the transition of this practice, through acquisition in 2012 by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Dr. Mendenhall is the Chief Medical Officer of Central City Concern, a large, regional FQHC system serving the houseless and less fortunate within the Portland region. At PPG Dr. Mendenhall provides consultation services for licensed health professionals and supports the PPG team providing consultation for individuals with complex pain management and/or substance use disorders. He has worked with health professionals, executives and their family members who present with complex presentations overlapping these distinct areas of clinical practice as a sub specialist for more than 15 years. Dr. Mendenhall is a strong advocate for patient choice, harm-reduction and is an expert in providing evidence-based clinical interventions from a strengths-based frame.
Annie Dolle
Annie Dolle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a passion for service ignited by a seminal experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa. Following this were years of social services work (with children, families, schools) leading to a Masters in Social Work from Portland State University in 2004 and a fellowship at OHSU LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities) Program. A highlight in her therapy work occurred from 2007-2012 while in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam providing psychotherapy to expatriates and English speaking Vietnamese. Annie has participated in extensive training through the Portland M.E.T.A. (Mindful Experiential Training Approaches) Clinic, studying the gentle and elegant Hakomi method; later blending this with the complementary and growth facilitating AEDP model (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) to specifically address the traumas of relational/attachment wounding. She is delighted to understand the therapeutic relationship as one that reveals the self-righting tendency of all people. When she is not focused on her Portland-based private practice she can often be found outside and under the canopy of the rejuvenating Pacific Northwest forests.
Annie Robertson
Dr. Annie Robertson is a licensed psychologist and psychological consultant. She earned both her Masters of Science (MS) and Doctorate degrees (PhD) in Counseling Psychology at the University of Oregon. She has been working in a private practice setting for the last 23 years specializing in treating adolescents and adults with anxiety and mood disorders, eating disorders, relational issues, and trauma. Prior to this she has worked in adolescent residential and day treatment centers as the lead psychologist. She also has worked with Oregon Research Institute as clinical director of a substance abuse treatment research program for adolescents.
Dr. Annie approaches her work integrating Eastern and Western psychological modalities which both help to identify and shift responses to deeply conditioned/ingrained beliefs and patterns.
She works with her clients in an individualized, compassionate, and collaborative manner weaving in interventions adopted from cognitive behavioral, mindfulness based, acceptance and commitment (ACT), systems theory, dialectical behavioral, and neuroscientific orientations.
Bethany Russell
Charlotte Thomas
Charlotte Thomas is a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed to practice in Oregon, Washington, and California with fifteen years of experience in the field of psychotherapy. She is a Certified DBT Clinician™ through the Linehan Board of Certification. Charlotte is a graduate of Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University with a Masters in Social Work, and Davidson College with a Bachelors in Psychology and a Concentration in Neuroscience. Charlotte holds expertise in using Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy to treat individuals experiencing forms of anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, and borderline personality disorder and with specialization in eating disorders. She is particularly passionate about working with complex, multi-diagnostic clients and those who have already attempted multiple treatment episodes without long-standing improvement. Charlotte is currently serving as Co-Chair of the DBT SIG (Special Interest Group) of the Academy of Eating Disorders. Charlotte uses a unique blend of radical genuineness, warmth, and empathy to help her therapy and consultation clients generate change and build towards a life worth living.
Christiane Farentinos
CEO
Christiane “Chris” Farentinos is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she earned her medical degree at UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University), completed her psychiatry residency at UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro Federal University), and practiced psychiatry before moving to Portland. In Portland, Chris pursued a career in substance abuse and mental health counseling, health care administration, training, and research, and held positions as Director and Chief Operations Officer for two community-based addictions and mental health clinics, as well as Vice-President for the largest local Psychiatric Hospital. While engaged in her professional career, Chris attended Portland State University and earned her Master of Public Health degree in Health Care Administration and Policy. While being a leader, Chris’s passion for people’s personal healing and growth was a constant. Chris is a certified addictions counselor, a consultant, a national trainer in Motivational Interviewing, trained in DBT, CBT, IFS, psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness, trauma work and ACT, and is a Certified Professional Coactive Coach by the renowned Co-Active Training Institute in California and a member of the International Coaching Federation. Employing a warm and strength-based approach Chris has a passion for helping individuals transform in the pursuit of a life of wellness, spacious presence, fulfillment, and purpose.
Clyde Blair
Clyde Blair is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), and a certified Sensorimotor practitioner with over twenty-five years experience in the field of psychotherapy, relationships, addiction, and counseling for individuals and families. He’s a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute with a Masters in Counseling Psychology, a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from the Naropa Institute. He is also currently adjunct faculty at Antioch University of Santa Barbara. Clyde has extensive experience providing therapy for individuals and couples with shock trauma, developmental and attachment trauma, anxiety, depression, and addiction. Clyde uses a variety of approaches to working with clients including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, Sensorimotor psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems and parts work, and Depth psychological approaches. Clyde uses his experience and presence to help each unique client utilize their strengths and wisdom to take action to live more fulfilling, happier, and empowered, lives.
Daniel Karlin
Deanna Feeley
Deanna Feeley is a certified Brennan Healing Science Practitioner, Systemic Family Constellation Facilitator, Hakomi Practitioner, Addiction Recovery Coach, and Yoga and Meditation Teacher. Deanna completed a four-year training with Dr. Brennan, at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, earning a diploma in Healing Science in 2006. Deanna’s passion for mindfulness-based therapy approaches led her to enroll and complete training in the Hakomi Method of body-centered psychotherapy from the M.E.T.A. Institute, Systemic Family Constellation Therapy from the Human Systems Institute, Internal Family Systems (Level 1) from the Internal Family Systems Institute, and Compassionate Inquiry training lead by Dr. Gabor Mate.
Erik Vanderlip
CEO
Dr. Vanderlip is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Family Physician licensed to practice a full range of medicine in multiple states. Dr. Vanderlip received his undergraduate degree from Rice University and MD from the University of Oklahoma, his home state. He completed an advanced combined residency in Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Iowa and fellowship training in the delivery of integrated behavioral health services and a Masters of Public Health at the University of Washington. Dr. Vanderlip relocated back to his home in Oklahoma serving an Endowed Chair role in Psychiatry and Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma until 2016. He joined the pioneering on-demand healthcare startup ZoomCare, orchestrating it’s mental health service offering and eventually serving as ZoomCare’s Chief Medical Officer through 2021. He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), serving on the Board of the APA from 2012 to 2014 and has a current appointment on the Clinical Quality Committee. He has lectured and published widely on the integration of physical and mental health care. His primary passion is assisting individuals with optimizing their health and wellness and empowering their inner ability to maintain their optimal level of functioning.
Jessie Barr
Jessie Barr is a Mental Health Therapist and Consultant licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon and a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California. She earned her master’s degree from the University of San Francisco and has been working in the field of psychotherapy since 2004. Jessie has been with Pacific Premier Group, PC since it opened in 2014. During this time her practice has specialized in women’s mental health and provided counsel on a wide range of issues including trauma, mood disorders, life transitions, relational issues, substance abuse, divorce and parenting. Jessie utilizes an attachment-informed approach to build a safe and warm therapeutic relationship and provides counseling for individuals and couples that is direct, non-judgmental, collaborative and individualized.
Katy Powell
Katy Powell is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). She received her Master of Science degree from the University of California, San Francisco. While in San Francisco, Katy received training and extensive work experience in community mental health and treatment of co-occurring substance use disorders with a focus on trauma and severe, persistent mental illness. Katy has completed intensive training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and served as a PMHNP and Medical Director at a full fidelity DBT clinic in Portland. Within the DBT model she has experience working with eating disorders, trauma, and the balance of treatment with therapeutic skills and psychopharmacology. Katy has been with Pacific Premier Group, PC since 2015. During this time, her practice has involved client care, consultation, and assessment for health care professionals. Katy specializes in assessment with a trauma lens and care delivery with incorporation of a wide skill set including in-depth therapy, behavioral approaches, medication, and EMDR.
Mark Schorr
Mark Schorr graduated with a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College in 1993. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (Oregon) Licensed Mental Health Counselor (New York) Certified Addictions Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor. Mark incorporates mindfulness, acceptance/change strategies and strengths-based active engagement in his sessions, working with those struggling with trauma histories, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. With 30 plus years of experience, he has held director level positions and worked in multiple outpatient settings, including managing sites specializing in dual diagnosis (mental health and addictions). Mark has been extensively trained in and has decades of experience with solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. He has been trained in DBT (dialectic behavioral therapy) to the highest levels (Advanced Intensive with DBT developer Marsha Linehan, PhD). The author of multiple articles, he also provides consultation, supervision, and training in various subjects.
Mike Brody
Paul M. Conti
President
Dr. Paul M. Conti is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his training at Stanford and at Harvard, where he served as Chief Resident. He then worked in private practice while serving on the medical faculty at Harvard. Dr. Conti was named as one of Oregon’s Top Psychiatrists in 2008, his first full year of practice in Oregon. He is a general psychiatrist, treating all aspects of both mental illness and the impact of life stressors. Dr. Conti is adept at helping people untangle complex problems, and he incorporates a holistic view of each client or patient into his work, knowing the far-reaching impacts trauma can have upon the systems and communities in which an individual resides, works, and serves. His practice includes the use of medications and psychotherapy, and he also treats complex cases, co-occurring alcohol and drug issues, and does neuropsychiatric assessments. In addition to clinical treatment, Dr. Conti provides business-related and legal consulting services. He is the author of Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic, a book that brings his valuable insights about how we can collectively heal from trauma’s effects to a larger audience.
Shagun Pawar
Dr. Shagun Pawar is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Oregon. She graduated with a Doctorate of Psychology degree, with an emphasis in Health Psychology. She has worked and trained in hospital and primary care settings, suicide crisis lines, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and with homeless veterans on the island of Oahu. Dr. Pawar is a Board-Certified Coach (BCC) through the Center for Credentialing and Education and has worked as a relationship coach in the Empowered, Secured, Loved Relationship Program. Dr. Pawar works with individuals using the lens of complex trauma to help bring awareness into how one’s past may have shaped the adaptive and maladaptive behaviors of their present. At the core of her work, she promotes improving the relationship with oneself to maintain long term healing.
As a therapist, Dr. Pawar brings her warmth and compassion to her work and blends a variety of approaches depending on what works best for her patients. She uses the frameworks of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Inner-Child work.
As a coach, Dr. Pawar has worked with clients around the globe and specializes in problematic relationship patterns. She approaches her work through the basis of Attachment Theory and helps individuals of all ages and couples. Her goal as a coach is to help clients build feelings of security within themselves and in their attachment to others and overcome barriers to finding and maintaining healthy relationships, whether it is with a partner, family member, or friend.
Sharyn Abelson
Sonali Patel
Sonali Patel is a licensed Family Therapist and Certified Addiction Counselor. She received her Master of Arts degree in Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy from Lewis and Clark College, Graduate School of Education and Counseling. She completed her internship as a family therapist at Lewis and Clark Community Counseling Clinic and DePaul Youth and Family Services, providing dual-diagnosis treatment (addiction recovery and mental health illness) to adults, adolescents, and their families. For the last seven years, she has worked with individuals, couples and families, specializing in addiction and trauma within individuals and the family system. As an Addiction Counselor, Sonali utilizes advanced behavioral modification techniques and recovery skills to help restore balance, improve communication, and provide psychoeducation to individuals and families, fostering hope and recovery. In addition, Sonali has experience working with female survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the local shelter community. Sonali brings a warm and supportive therapeutic style to her work with individuals and families as they work towards their wellness and health.
Tim Crespi
Timothy Crespi is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Consultant, and Coach and has been practicing as a therapist for the past 16 years. Timothy attended Naropa University where he obtained a bachelors in Contemplative Psychology and a Masters in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology. Timothy also completed a 4-year post graduate training in Somatic psychotherapy. As a therapist, Timothy weaves together an array of modalities including Gestalt therapy, Parts-Work, Mindfulness, and Somatic approaches to therapy. He has extensive experience with individuals, couples, and groups. Timothy’s approach to therapy is trauma-informed, relational, and collaborative. He specializes in working with people struggling with anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, and life-transitions. His approach is rooted in understanding the mind-body connection and methods for understanding and working through obstacles to clear, grounded connection, and overall wellness. Timothy’s approach to working with couples is interactive and includes deepening and/or restoring intimacy and connection, working through arguments or disagreements and on communication skills.
Timothy has worked as a group facilitator, guide, coach, consultant, and educator in a variety of settings including 7-yrs of leading contemplative wilderness backpacking trips in Colorado, during which he taught and led meditation groups and activities designed to help participants process through challenges and cultivate inner awareness in connection with nature. Timothy has also worked in the field of psychedelic care as a co-lead on retreats in the Netherlands and as a Supervisor for The Zendo Project, leading trainings in psychedelic harm reduction and care for the past 9 years.
Traci Rieckmann
Dr. Traci Rieckmann is completing her certification as a professional coach and works as a consultant and health care professional. She earned her Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Utah. Dr. Rieckmann has worked in the Pacific Northwest’s premier medical and research organizations and has also lead teams in health care start-ups and financing. She is passionate about quality service delivery and supporting clients moving through professional and personal transitions.
Some highlights of her career at Oregon Health & Science University include supporting the establishment the School of Public Health and chairing the Research Roadmap Engagement, Faculty Performance Evaluation, and Women in Academic Medicine committees. More recently, as the Chief Operating Officer of Greenfield Health, Traci led the development of new revenue streams in retirement communities and advanced organizational efficiency. As a consultant, she has facilitated the professional growth of leaders and the establishment of new research programs at UW Medicine/Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center.
As she completes her professional coaching training with the renowned Co-Active Training Institute, Traci is joining PPG to support clients through difficult transitions and challenging personal experiences. She provides an action-oriented style and growth mindset, while accentuating self-care and balance. Dr. Rieckmann partners with her clients to co-create a path forward with clarity and enthusiasm. She has experience working with executives across all industries, including corporate, non-profit, and higher education.
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