EMDR THERAPY IN PORTLAND, OR

Trauma Therapy That Goes Beyond Coping

Move beyond survival and into deeper healing with therapy designed to help you process grief, trauma, and life transitions.

Feeling Stuck Doesn’t Mean You Are Failing.

✺ Why Storms & Stillness Counseling

A Different Way Forward

Helping adults move past surface-level strategies and access deeper healing. EMDR therapy addresses the root causes of grief, trauma, anxiety, and other life experiences, rather than just the symptoms.

Clients choose this work because it:

✲ Supports lasting change, not temporary relief

✲ Honors your own inner wisdom and strengths

✲ Provides insight-oriented, depth-focused therapy

✲ Offers a warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed space

The goal is to help you feel more empowered in your life and strengthen the skills and resources already within you.

Black and white portrait of Alle Bettale wearing a black turtleneck, looking at the camera.
Black and white close-up of three poppy flowers with textured stems and petals.

No Timeline. No Pressure. Just Healing.

✺ Meet Alle Leber

A skilled and compassionate therapist with six years of clinical experience, Alle specializes in supporting adults navigating grief, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and codependency. She is particularly passionate about working in the space of grief and loss, helping clients move through some of life’s most difficult experiences with care, intention, and depth.

Trained in EMDR therapy and actively pursuing certification, Alle integrates EMDR with somatic approaches to help clients process and resolve trauma at its roots—not just manage symptoms. Her work is grounded in the understanding that healing requires both insight and embodied awareness, allowing for meaningful and lasting change.

Known for her warm, direct, and collaborative style, Alle creates a therapeutic space that is both supportive and gently challenging. Her approach is depth-oriented and insight-driven, helping clients uncover patterns, deepen self-understanding, and reconnect with their inner clarity. She practices through a trauma-informed and culturally responsive lens, honoring the full context of each client’s identity and experience.

At the core of her work is the belief that clients are the experts on their own lives. She views therapy as a process of uncovering and strengthening the innate wisdom, resilience, and capacity that already exist within each person. Rather than “fixing,” her role is to guide clients in accessing their internal resources and building a more grounded, authentic relationship with themselves.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Alle offers in-person therapy for adults. Her practice is rooted in authenticity, curiosity, and a commitment to providing thoughtful, effective care for those seeking deeper healing and transformation.

 

Grief Support Groups

Connect, Reflect, and Heal Together

Our grief support groups provide a safe, compassionate space to navigate loss alongside others who understand. Through guided discussions, structured exercises, and gentle EMDR-informed techniques, participants can:

✲ Explore and process complex emotions related to grief

✲ Share experiences and feel a sense of connection

✲ Learn practical tools for coping and moving forward

✲ Gain support in honoring memories while rebuilding daily life

EMDR Therapy

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a powerful, evidence-based approach that helps people process difficult experiences, reduce emotional distress, and reconnect with their inner strengths.

In EMDR therapy, you will:

✲ Address past trauma, grief, or overwhelming experiences safely

✲ Reduce the intensity of painful memories and emotions

✲ Gain insight and clarity about patterns affecting your life

✲Strengthen your ability to cope, grow, and move forward

EMDR works alongside other somatic and insight-oriented approaches to create a holistic path toward healing. Whether you’re navigating grief, trauma, anxiety, or life transitions, EMDR helps you process what has been holding you back and access the resilience already within you.

 

Individual Therapy

Connect, Reflect, and Heal Together

Individual therapy offers one-on-one sessions tailored to your unique experiences and goals. Using EMDR, somatic approaches, and insight-oriented techniques, therapy helps you:

✲ Process grief, trauma, anxiety, or difficult life transitions

✲ Identify and shift patterns such as codependency or self-doubt

✲ Strengthen resilience, emotional clarity, and self-trust

✲ Access your own inner strengths and capacity for healing

There’s a way forward that honors your whole experience