Ivy Medow, LPC

Ivy Medow is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oregon with four years of clinical experience. She helps people facing work stress, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Her focus includes caregiving challenges, aging-related concerns, and the emotional strain that follows disability or loss.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. She aims to listen first and help people set clear, achievable goals. Sessions are collaborative - she and the client make a plan and check progress together.

Ivy pays attention to compassion fatigue and self-care. She encourages practical steps to reduce burnout and restore energy. She also attends to multicultural concerns and the impacts of prejudice and discrimination on everyday life.

People bring issues such as family history, isolation, impulsivity, and questions about life purpose. Ivy works with those facing hospice or end-of-life concerns and caregiver stress. She also supports people dealing with seasonal mood changes and recovery after traumatic brain injury.

Her therapeutic toolkit includes mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, narrative approaches, and solution-focused strategies. These methods are used to help people clarify what matters to them, shift unhelpful patterns, and make steady changes. Ivy welcomes the courage it takes to begin therapy and guides each person at their own pace.

How her approaches translate to online work

Mindfulness Therapy helps people learn simple ways to notice thoughts and body signals without getting swept away. It can be useful for stress, compassion fatigue, and mood shifts. Motivational Interviewing focuses on what matters to a person and on building motivation for change in small steps. It often helps with career shifts, self-esteem, and making life adjustments.

Deciding which approach fits best is a joint process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try different strategies and adjust the plan based on what the person finds helpful.

Please confirm available session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use techniques such as mindfulness practices and narrative exercises from their everyday surroundings, which can help transfer insights into daily life.