Aaron Porter, M.S., LPC, LMFT, QMHP

I’m Aaron Porter — LPC, LMFT, and an IFS therapist for those drawn to deeper, soul-honoring work. I hold an M.S. in Couples & Family Therapy from the University of Oregon, but credentials only tell part of the story. I came to this work the way many sensitive people do — by living it first.

As a mixed-race Korean American, I learned early that healing is never one-size-fits-all. Growing up between cultures, I came to trust the quiet, intuitive knowing that sensitive people carry — in Korean, we call it nunchi (누치): the art of sensing what goes unspoken. The people I’m honored to walk with tend to know that feeling well — sensitive, intuitive, generous souls: therapists, healers, caretakers, creatives, and seekers, many holding marginalized identities and ancestral stories the world hasn’t always made room for.

My deepest training is in Internal Family Systems. I moved through Level 1 as a participant and then returned, year after year, as Program Assistant Staff — including the IFS training for providers working with psychedelic medicine. I’m also trained in EMDR and Emotion-Focused Therapy. All of it is rigorously researched; all of it is profoundly heart-centered. That’s the bridge I stand on: evidence-based and heart-rooted, where research meets reverence.

I specialize in trauma, grief and loss, EMDR, and IFS — and I’m honored to help train fellow therapists in the modalities that have shaped me. For those called to deeper terrain, I also offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, because some healing asks us to drop below the thinking mind into places talk alone cannot reach.

If you feel things deeply, if you’ve been told you’re “too much,” hear this clearly: you are not too much. You are exactly enough. The parts of you that have carried so much, for so long, are welcome here.

When I’m not in the therapy room, you’ll likely find me outside with my wife and friends — rock climbing, mountaineering, camping, gardening, and eating well. From trail running up Spencer’s Butte to climbing El Capitan in Yosemite, I have a heart for adventure, for beauty, for tending what grows, and for engaging in men’s healing work in community.

If that resonates, I’d be honored to walk with you. — Aaron