Jaye Bahre

Jaye Bahre is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience. She began her mental health career after returning to school and has worked across community and forensic settings in the Pacific Northwest. Jaye now offers services from her private practice in Oregon and brings a long history of helping people through hard times.

Her style is client-centered and grounded in mindfulness. Sessions focus on practical skills, simple exercises, and journaling to help people manage symptoms and try new behaviors. Jaye describes her role as part coach and part teacher - she works alongside clients to identify goals and teach tools to reach them.

She commonly helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and anger. Other areas she addresses include relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, self-esteem, bipolar and ADHD, plus identity and LGBT-related issues. Additional focuses listed include attachment concerns, communication problems, control issues, and aspects of kink and alternative sex culture.

Jaye draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. Those approaches are used to help people change unhelpful patterns, tolerate distress, and improve communication in relationships.

Outside of work she enjoys outdoor adventures, mushroom growing, writing group materials, and spending time with her wife and dog. She emphasizes collaboration in therapy and helps clients build practical routines and skills that fit their lives.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's experience and priorities. The therapist follows the person's lead, listens carefully, and helps clarify goals and values. This approach is useful for building trust and tailoring work to what matters most to the client.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger because it offers step-by-step tools people can practice between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for tolerating distress, managing strong emotions, and improving relationships. It offers practical techniques for crisis moments and ongoing emotion regulation work.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to test methods and adjust what they do based on needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to practice and which skills to emphasize.

Confirm which session formats are available before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people meet from different locations. Licensed professionals can use video or phone options in many cases, but check current offerings to know what this therapist provides.