About Jaye
Jaye Bahre, LPC, followed a long-held interest in people into a 15-year career in mental health. She began working in the field in 2005 and has experience across community, forensic, and jail settings in the Pacific Northwest. Jaye now practices from Oregon and brings a calm, straightforward approach to sessions.
Her style centers on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered methods and mindfulness to help people notice what they want and learn steps to get there.
Background and approach
Jaye also draws on cognitive-behavioral and dialectical skills to teach coping tools and emotional regulation. She mentions somatic work among her approaches and incorporates body-aware practices when helpful. Jaye often helps with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, trauma and abuse, and life changes.
She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and identity concerns including LGBT topics. Her additional focus areas include attachment struggles, communication problems, and interests around kink and alternative sex culture. Sessions usually include skill teaching, guided mindfulness, and practical homework like journaling or exercises to practice between meetings.
She emphasizes working together - setting goals, trying new behaviors, and adjusting the plan as needed. Jaye describes her role as part therapist, part teacher, helping clients build tools for lasting change. Outside work she spends time outdoors with her wife and dog, gardens and forages, and creates group materials.
She aims to make therapy a collaborative, down-to-earth process that respects each person’s pace and goals.
How Jaye integrates approaches online
Somatic-informed work pays attention to the body's signals and how physical sensations connect with emotions and thoughts. This can be useful for trauma, anxiety, and stress by helping people notice and gently shift bodily responses.Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person's own goals. It helps when someone needs a collaborative space to clarify values and decide next steps.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often includes homework and exercises to practice outside sessions and is helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Choosing the right blend of methods is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to decide what to emphasize based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans can change as progress is made, and techniques are adjusted to fit what works for the individual.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone talks, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options let people fit sessions into their routines and use different communication styles for different needs. Licensed professionals can teach skills, guide mindfulness, and suggest exercises that translate well to remote work, making regular progress possible even without in-person visits.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English