Jaye Bahre , LPC

Jaye Bahre is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oregon with 15 years of clinical experience working with individuals and couples. She brings a long and varied background to her practice, beginning with an early fascination with psychology and a years-long career as a hairstylist where she learned the value of listening and building trust with clients. After raising three children, she returned to formal education and entered the mental health field in 2005, completing undergraduate studies in psychology and beginning graduate work the following year.

Her clinical path includes extensive work in forensic mental health across the Pacific Northwest, including a role with the Washington Department of Corrections and time at community health facilities and the Multnomah County Jail. Those years working in varied, often high-intensity settings shaped a trauma-informed approach that she now applies in private practice. She has worked with many populations and concerns and highlights anxiety, depression, identity and LGBTQ issues, intimacy and couples work, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and a wide range of relational and life-change challenges as areas of focus.

Jaye’s therapeutic style is client-centered, solution-focused, and strength-based, rooted in mindfulness, empathy, validation, and collaboration. She uses skills teaching, guided exercises, and journaling to help clients explore beliefs, develop distress tolerance, and learn new patterns of coping. As a member of the LGBTQ community, she brings lived experience alongside clinical training. Outside of work she enjoys time with her wife and dog, foraging and growing mushrooms, kayaking and hiking, art projects, and writing group materials. She welcomes prospective clients who are ready to work toward their goals and prefers a collaborative, teacher-like role to help people create meaningful change.

Approaches, Collaboration, and Online Care with Jaye Bahre

Jaye draws from client-centered therapy, mindfulness therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy to support clients in online sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working from the client’s goals so that change grows from what matters most to the individual. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and coping skills to help manage stress, emotional reactivity, and trauma-related symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers practical skills in distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and relationship effectiveness, which can be particularly helpful for intense emotions and interpersonal challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Jaye takes a collaborative stance - she and the client explore goals, preferences, and current needs to decide which methods to prioritize and how to adapt them for online work. This partnership helps tailor care to each person’s life and pace.

Online therapy with Jaye is available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access regular sessions, practice skills between meetings, and maintain continuity of care from wherever the client is located within the therapist's practice area. Licensed professionals can adapt interventions effectively in these formats to support progress and consistency of treatment.