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INDIVIDUAL COUNSELOR
CHILDREN|ADOLESCENTS|ADULTS
MOTHERHOOD SUPPORT
PORTLAND

Tate Sprite

MA, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATE

THE WORK I DO

  • Adulthood often looks capable on the outside and complicated on the inside. Many of the adults I work with are thoughtful, high-functioning, emotionally intelligent, and deeply caring — yet privately wrestling with anxiety, self-doubt, challenging relationship patterns, shame, or the quiet question of “Is this really who I am?”

    I’m especially drawn to working with people who want more than temporary symptom relief. You may be longing for deeper connection, more authenticity in relationships, or a stronger sense of steadiness in yourself. You might be navigating attachment wounds,

    identity shifts, relational conflict, or a desire to understand why certain patterns keep repeating. In our work together, we slow down and get curious. We mindfully look at what happens inside you — emotionally, cognitively, and somatically — and begin making sense of it with compassion rather than judgment.

    Therapy becomes a place to explore your patterns safely, clarify what you truly want, and practice engaging life with clarity and intention.

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ABOUT ME

Hi, I’m Tate Sprite, a Professional Counselor Associate. I’m passionate about helping adults grow their sturdy sense of self, deepen their relationships, and live their purpose.

A PASSION FOR DEPTH & AUTHENTIC CONNECTION

At the heart of my work is the experience that healing happens in relationship. We all need to be seen, known, cherished, protected from harm, and supported to grow — and when those needs haven’t been met consistently, we develop survival strategies to cope. In therapy, we gently examine the underlying needs you might be trying to meet through those strategies, and what other options are now available.

MY PATH TO COUNSELING

The truth is that most of us come to this profession because we have been hurt and wounded, and have been working on healing ourselves. As a child, I was terrified of humans and ridden with toxic shame. Early on, I started searching for something better, gravitating toward psychology and spirituality with a quiet intuition that healing and transformation must be possible.

That search shaped my life. I’ve lived through cultural upheaval, paradigm shifts, and environments that required deep adaptation. I’ve lost identities, rebuilt meaning, and experienced firsthand that profound change can happen in a lifetime.

I completed my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Naropa University, where I trained in mindfulness-based and transpersonal approaches that emphasize embodied awareness, emotional experience, and the healing power of relationship. I’ve also pursued extensive training in attachment-based and mindful experiential modalities, and I continue to deepen my skills in Emotionally Focused Therapy, NARM (Neuro-Affective Relational Model), and trauma-informed practice.

EXPERIENCE & APPROACH

I work with adults navigating anxiety, social anxiety, depression, consequences of trauma, relational distress, identity exploration, life transitions, and patterns rooted in attachment history. Many of my clients are reflective, psychologically savvy, and insightful, yet feel frustrated that understanding alone hasn’t fully shifted their lived experience.

My approach is relational, embodied, trauma-informed, and experiential. I draw from attachment-based, depth-oriented modalities such as NARM, EFT, and Hakomi, and mindfulness-based approaches such as ACT, while also integrating a CBT and DBT framework where needed.

I pay close attention to:

- Emotional regulation and nervous system awareness

- Attachment patterns and relational dynamics

- Shame and relationship to self

- Values clarification and living with intention

- Differentiation, agency, and boundaries

Therapy with me is co-created and active. At times we make meaning. At times we do little embodied experiments to learn about what your templates for living are. At times we sit with something that hasn’t been named before. My role is to create a space where you feel steady enough to meet yourself and decide who you want to be.

MY COUNSELING STYLE

My counseling style is warm, direct, and intuitive. I value depth and clarity. I will listen carefully and compassionately, and I will also challenge patterns that no longer serve you. I believe therapy works best when it is collaborative rather than hierarchical, discovering with curiosity rather than applying techniques to fix you, being honest rather than avoidant, and grounded in both insight and practice. Above all, I aim to hold a space where you can show up fully - including the parts that feel uncertain, protective, strong, grieving, hopeful, or confused.

REAL LIFE | OUTSIDE THE COUNSELING ROOM

I’m queer in various ways, I cultivate an ecosystem of non-typical intimate relationships, I’m a first-generation Eastern European immigrant, I’m neurodivergent (from the point of view of the dominant culture), childless by choice, come from a working class conservative family and town, experienced attachment trauma and isolation growing up, was raised Catholic in a communist country, lived through the country violently falling apart, spent most of my 20’s in a cult, and now don’t adhere to any religion or party. I’ve lost many identities. I’m older than I look. I am enchanted by the ordinary, I like singing in community, I talk to trees. I don’t have it all together, but I value authenticity, kindness, playfulness, interdependence, and vulnerable truth-telling. I have endless trust in our natural impulseto grow and learn to be more fully human as we go along.