Welcome
My Name is Tiran (they/them)
Mindfulness and embodiment inform my work as a mental health provider and artist. In my practice I provide trauma informed relational attachment therapy from an integrative Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Somatic Experiencing (SE) lens. I position this work in queer ecology, animism, and other liberation frameworks. I am mixed, nonbinary, and grew up between American-southern and Persian culture.
I completed my Masters in Mental Health Counseling specializing in Addiction at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and am working as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington State and Professional Counselor Associate in Oregon under the supervision of Natasha Laumei LPC LMHC.
Before Gradient, I worked in a community setting for 3 years with people experiencing co-occurring behavioral and substance addiction. I meet criteria to be a Certified Gambling Addictions Counselor II (CGACII) The highest behavioral addiction credential in Oregon.
I hold a 450 hour certificate in desert specific plant medicine and completed a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design with a minor in Nature Culture Sustainability Studies. My life is informed by connection to earth and ancestor through relationships with the other than human world of dogs, horses, plants, landscapes, and water.
A gradient can refer to a transition of light, color, or an incline in space. In counseling we cultivate grey area that softens 'black and white' thinking that arises from fear or trauma and creates suffering. The name 'Gradient' also references the spectrum of identities and contrasting experiences we hold inside.
My practice can currently take clients in Oregon and Washington.
