Bianca Marino (she/her)

I have 3 years of experience supporting survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Oregon answering crisis lines, co-facilitating support groups, providing individual advocacy through various system involvement (legal system, child welfare, etc), providing community outreach and education, collaborating with other community stakeholders, training volunteers, and attending trainings and conferences to deepen my own understanding of the dynamics of IPV.

I have 6 years of experience supporting survivors of sexual violence in community and university-based settings. My roles included providing individual advocacy, supporting survivors through SAFE kit exams, supporting survivors through different stages of legal involvement from making reports to attending sentencing hearings, co-facilitating support groups, providing community outreach and education, collaborating with community stakeholders, training volunteers, and attending further trainings.

I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and have experience developing and co-facilitating identity-specific support groups for LGBTQIA+ survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual violence, as well as working with unhoused queer and trans youth in Oregon.

I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and utilize it often in my practice to guide clients in identifying their core values, what is most meaningful to them, and how they can incorporate more actions and activities into their lives that reflect those values and bring more of a sense of purpose and alignment to their everyday life. Mindfulness is another important aspect of ACT, which I also like to incorporate in many different ways, depending on what works best for you.

I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and utilize it often in my practice to guide clients in identifying their core values, what is most meaningful to them, and how they can incorporate more actions and activities into their lives that reflect those values and bring more of a sense of purpose and alignment to their everyday life. Mindfulness is another important aspect of ACT, which I also like to incorporate in many different ways, depending on what works best for you.

I completed training for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the summer of 2022 and have been utilizing it with clients to work through trauma and negative core beliefs that get "stuck" and become intrusive and limiting. I was trained in the S.A.F.E. model of EMDR, which is Safety and Attachment-focused. I incorporate the principles of nonviolence, mindfulness, somatic processing, and attachment into my EMDR work with clients. It is my favorite modality!

I completed training for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the summer of 2022 and have been utilizing it with clients to work through trauma and negative core beliefs that get "stuck" and become intrusive and limiting. I was trained in the S.A.F.E. model of EMDR, which is Safety and Attachment-focused. I incorporate the principles of nonviolence, mindfulness, somatic processing, and attachment into my EMDR work with clients. It is my favorite modality!