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MindTree Holistic Counseling and Wellness Center Portland


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There’s so much stigma surrounding mental health, and it can be hard to go and get the health you need. However, once you actually take those steps, you will be amazed by how great you can start feeling. This week, I sat down with Harini Sukumaran from the MindTree Holistic Counseling and Wellness Center Portland to find out how she helps her clients navigate the hardships of their mental illnesses.

As you might be able to glean from the name, MindTree has been treating their clients in a holistic way for about two years. Harini believes that body and mind work together, should not be separated, and should be treated in the same way. After all, your emotional well-being constantly affects your physical well-being!
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

What goes into a holistic approach to counseling. Harini tells me it’s a bit more than just encouraging you to get out there and jog (though that’s part of it). For example: she is a yoga practitioner and often brings tools of meditation and yoga into the room with a client.
How Indian herbal medicine fits in. Harini is trained in this and includes lifestyle coaching and nutrition advice, among other things.
What Harini’s perfect client is like. She says it’s someone who has anxiety or significant stress, and can be either a child as young as three or a woman, particularly a mom. Anxiety and stress are Harini’s specialties, but she is bringing in additional providers that specialize in other things like relationships, families, and adolescence, and so on.
How MindTree can help new and expecting moms who might be struggling. Harini cites specific examples of moms who might not have had great parents and keep thinking, “What if I can’t do this? I don’t know what I’m doing,” among so many other things.

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There are so many ways MindTree can help you feel better. If you think you might be in need of help, you will definitely want to check out this episode, and if you don’t, you should listen anyway and find out how a holistic approach to mental wellness works.
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PDX Small Business NetworkBy Lindsey Anderson