About Karen Banfield

Karen Banfield has been a pioneer in the field of counseling psychology for 35 years, receiving referrals from Portland Oregon’s leading psychiatrists. Her work is creative, highly effective and cutting edge, attracting both local and internationally famous clients.  Karen’s work has been featured in The Oregon Journal and her intuitive abilities demonstrated on NBC Television’s Good Company. Karen has taught classes in high schools, colleges and universities. She spent her early years working in Portland as an Artist in Residence and toured with theater companies throughout the Western States and into Alaska.

In Karen’s words…

I know things about the lives of other people I have no logical way of knowing. I combine my skills as a counselor, healer and intuitive to delve deep inside the tender hearts and souls of my clients. I am their teacher, guide and safe place until they can repair and embrace wholeness within themselves.

Education
Undergraduate work in the performing arts at the following institutions:
The Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria
The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dance and Women’s Studies at Ohio State University
Richard Hayes-Marshall School of Theater

Masters Program in Counseling Psychology
Independent Study at Marylhurst University
Practicum at Clackamas County Mental Health Center
Gestalt and Transactional Analysis at Lutheran Family Services
Jungian Dreamwork, Guided Imagery and EMDR
Mediation and Conflict Resolution

I am a psychiatrist in private practice in Portland, Oregon. I see clients whose therapies include medicines and those who are called on more spiritual or transpersonal paths. When Karen asked me to write a letter of reference for her, I must admit that I was a bit intimidated by the task. Rarely have I been so personally touched by someone who was offering their mastery to help me. Her style is unequaled and exquisite. Karen’s capacity to open herself and ‘see’ is matched by her ability to communicate her visions. One feels – many of the people I have referred to her can testify to this – an extraordinary sense of being recognized, being guided and being cared for.

Her particular skill is less related to mundane psychic abilities and more to emotional and spiritual guidance. As with any exceptional healer, one feels a combination of appreciation and awe when working with Karen, a little disbelief at her artistry and an abiding sense of connectedness.

The sessions themselves, not just the information she imparts can be transformative. They can certainly shed light on difficult and complex issues. I would recommend her to people who want to delve deep below the surface of themselves and I would especially recommend her to other healing professionals.

Jeff Berger, MD