Miranda Reyes
MS, Professional Counselor Associate, NCC
she / they
About me
Hi there! I’m Mir.
I’m originally from Sacramento, California (sorry for being another transplant), but I’ve been in Portland for the last 10+ years.
I exist in this life with a lot of edges, identities, and experiences. I’m queer, I’m a little person, I’m mixed Filipino and white, and I come from a blended family with three half siblings. Existing at the intersection of many different identities and privileges often left me feeling “other” growing up – like I didn’t quite have the same experience as the people around me, or like no one would fully understand me.
What I’ve learned from those experiences is that everything is nuanced, and everyone’s experience is different. It’s helped me approach clients with curiosity rather than assumption, because I’ve had to learn to do that with myself, too.
Besides being a therapist, I’m a cat parent, a partner, a friend, an aunt, and the person who will order for the table. I’ve lived a lot of other lives too: skills trainer, camp counselor, coach, and college athlete.
I completed my Master’s in Counseling at Portland State University in their Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling program, and returned to working with teens and families in residential care.
A lot of my counseling background has been shaped through years of work with adolescents and families in acute mental health care and crisis settings. I have extensive experience in DBT and in supporting adolescents and families in residential treatment, both as a skills trainer and later as a Child and Family Therapist. That work continues to shape who I am as a provider today. I still love playing a card game in session, and I deeply value building intentional relationships with clients and thoughtfully challenging them as trust develops.
Today, my work has expanded to include adults, teens, and relationships in many forms. I love working with relationships whether your partner(s) are sitting in the room with us, or whether we’re exploring your relationships and patterns one-on-one.
I’m interested in helping clients build awareness of their patterns, especially the ways we twist ourselves into shapes to stay safe, functioning, or connected to others. Together, we can explore what no longer fits, what may no longer be working, and what it might look like to move through the world differently.
I’m comfortable with silence, comfortable with complexity, and comfortable gently challenging you when needed. I look forward to meeting you and exploring your world.
Read more below to learn about how I work, the populations I’m drawn to, the insurance I accept, and my specialty areas.
My Favorite Places to Cry…
❀ Current Cancer Sun, former big crybaby (shoutout Prozac™)
✌︎ While explaining my process to my cat Momo
☹ Wrapped in my heated blanket
IRL:
When my therapist hat is off, you can usually find me bopping around my apartment with my cat, Momo, surrounded by trinkets and art I still need to hang up. I deeply relish my alone time, opportunities to be creative, and being outside in any amount of sunshine when the Portland weather allows for it. I tend to lean into escapism and self-care through consuming reality TV by the boatload, playing video games, coloring or crafting, and belly laughing with my people. I love being exceptionally cozy, playing solitaire while watching something in the background, and ordering takeout sushi when I’m sad.
Insurance Accepted
⪧ Kaiser
⪧ OHP CareOregon/HealthShare
⪧ Columbia Pacific CCO
⪧ Jackson Care Connect
⪧ Out-of-pocket payment
⪧ Out-of-Network Reimbursement
How I Work
I believe you are the expert on your own life.
As a therapist, I’m warm, curious, transparent, and pretty casual. I try to show up authentically in the room, especially if I’m asking my clients to do the same. I also believe therapy doesn’t always have to look super formal, I’m always happy to play cards, draw, or create something together while we talk, whether you’re a teen or an adult.
My work is rooted in both DBT and Contemporary Gestalt Therapy. A very simple way I think about Gestalt is: paying attention to what is happening right here, right now. That might mean noticing patterns, emotions, body language, avoidance, humor, silence, or the ways we relate to each other in the room together. I focus less on “fixing” people or giving answers, and more on helping clients build awareness of themselves and what they need. A way to think about DBT is a type of therapy that helps people better understand and manage intense emotions, relationships, stress, and reactions through learning tangible skills.
My role is to support you wherever you are in your process, while also gently challenging you as trust and rapport grow. I value the therapeutic relationship deeply and believe healing happens through authentic connection with others.
I believe you are the expert on your own life and it's important to me to give clients as much support as they need, and as little as possible, at the same time to build their own capacity, awareness, and self trust over time.
My Specialty Areas
⪧ Adults working on improving their relationships
⪧ Adolescents
⪧ Launching adults
Populations of Interest
⪧ Adolescents
⪧ Young adults in transition, launching adults (think Gen Alpha)
⪧ Queer people
⪧ Mixed identities
⪧ POC
⪧ Adult child and parent family therapy
⪧ Relationships of all sorts
Insurance Accepted
⪧ Kaiser
⪧ OHP CareOregon/HealthShare
⪧ Columbia Pacific CCO
⪧ Jackson Care Connect
⪧ Out-of-Pocket/ Out-of-Network Reimbursement