Erik Sorensen, Psychologist

Selecting a counselor can be difficult and confusing.  Below you will find a number of details about how I usually work with children, adolescents, and families.  I hope you will take a moment to review the information. 

For more detail, location information, and scheduling questions, please see the web page. To send me a message, check out my listing on the Psychology Today web page

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Contact & Location

Office Phone: (541) 345-8749
Fax: (541) 344-7595

Site: Web Page

511 12th Street
Eugene, OR 97401
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Therapy Approaches

  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Psychological Testing
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Adoption
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Disorder ADD/ADHD
  • Autism
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Compulsions
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse or Violence
  • Fear
  • Grief and Loss
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • Schizophrenia
  • Testing and Evaluation
  • Trauma (PTSD)

 

My Focus

There are many reasons why parents or children ask to see a counselor. Individuals may notice that they feel sad too often, suffer overwhelming anxiety, are handicapped by attention or learning problems, or exhibit behavior problems that overwhelm others. Whatever challenges or difficulties a child or teen experiences, family members are often stressed by them as well. Conflict between parents and children can be intense at times and worsen problems. Relationships can become strained and distant, leaving a family member feeling isolated or pushed away. My role would be to help the child, teen, and parents work together to overcome the problems you face. I believe it is important to focus our energies and to be very clear about what people can do to achieve the changes they desire. As you can tell from the next few paragraphs, working with me would involve some effort in between sessions.

Groups I Work With

I specialize in helping children, adolescents, and families address difficulties, ongoing problems, or distressing events. I have expertise in addressing the needs of those as young as 2 all the way through the teen years and the move towards independence.

Additional Information

The initial couple of sessions would be spent exploring the nature and extent of problem, so that I can get a good understanding of the difficulties you face and your efforts to address them to date. I want to learn from your experiences, understand what this is like for each family member, and learn what strategies either show some promise or have already been ruled ineffective. Once focused in on the primary concerns, we would collaboratively develop a plan to address these difficulties. Many common problems can be effectively resolved (or at least greatly reduced) through the use of well tested interventions. Sometimes the complexity of problems and family circumstances necessitate the development of a more specialized (think specific to your family) plan of action. Whether easy or hard, this development process will end with a specific plan of action. Usually both children and parents will have a role in the plan, unless there are reasons for more limited involvement. Through the implementation of this plan, change usually develops. We will together monitor the results of these efforts to make sure people see reasonable progress in a short period of time. Where needed, we can fine tune the plan to make it more effective and to adapt it to additional concerns.

Languages Spoken

  • English

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna
  • BlueCross/BlueShield
  • Coventry
  • First Choice
  • First Health
  • Group Administrators Ltd.
  • Group Health
  • Health Net
  • HMA
  • Humana
  • I also bill other insurance companies
  • LifeWise
  • MHN Managed Health Network
  • MultiPlan
  • ODS
  • PacificCare
  • PacificSource
  • Private Health Care systems
  • Providence
  • Regence
  • Samaritan Health
  • UBH
  • United
  • ValueOptions
  • WellPoint

Education

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida

Licenses

Psychologist

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association
Oregon Psychological Association

Accessibility

Bus Line
Free parking is available on the street.
Handicapped

Age Ranges

Adolescents
Children