Recover the courage to love.
Discover the courage to be loved.
It takes courage to love and allow yourself to be loved. It also takes courage to ask for help. I am inspired by my courageous couples and look forward to learning how I can best support your partnership.
Creating relationships your own way is exciting—especially in a city like Portland where so many of us have the freedom and flexibility to buck tradition. I’m Kevin Krage, LMFT, and I help people whose love stories require some uncommon wisdom.
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Kevin Krage, LMFT is dual-licensed to serve both California and Oregon. His office is located in Portland, Oregon for in-person sessions, and hosts virtual teletherapy for clients across the states of California and Oregon.
As I completed training in the Gottman method and PACT, I realized that, for most people, our primary wounding and our greatest superpowers are so often relational, so our healing has to be relational, too. That’s why I chose couples therapy as the way to help people heal and grow.
My clients aren’t the individuals sitting on my couch—my clients are the relationships that those people are in. In order to support the relationship, each person in it has work to do in loving their partner(s) and in allowing themselves to be deeply loved themselves.
I’m the kind of therapist who shows up as my full self. My clients get to know the real me, and never have to wonder what I’m thinking. In many ways, I’m like you. I’m on my own courageous journey: a divorce behind me, a second marriage on the horizon, and plenty of kinks and transitions along my life path.
Take it from me: entering couples therapy is the opposite of “giving up”—it’s an act of hope and love.
As far as I’m concerned, “insight” is the booby prize of therapy. What matters more is turning insights into usable strategies that you can learn how to implement in moments of stress and surprise. Insights might help us process stories that have ended, but strategies help us to write new ones. That’s where the real healing occurs. You’ll be amazed at what you can learn how to handle!
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You can love authentically. You can be loved. Your relationship can be a source of joy and healing for everyone involved. Conventional wisdom may not fit, but that doesn’t mean you have to figure it out on your own.
Our practice at CCC identifies as fully queer or LGBTQIA+, and is uniquely suited to support folx and couples who belong to our community, either outwardly or in private. Whether you are interested in focusing on elements related to your sexual or gender identity, or simply need a therapist who understands this central part of you, we will be glad to meet you where you are. We have supported folx of all identities on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.
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Rewrite the rulebook and design the relationship of your dreams!