child therapist in beaverton oregon for anxiety, regulation challenges, and more

Janelle Stuvland, MFT-A

  • Parent/Caregiver Support and Coaching

    Children 3-12

    Teens

    Emotional Regulation

    Trauma

    Behavioral Challenges

    ADHD

    Transition support—grief/loss, moving schools/communities, family separation/divorce

  • Monday & Wednesday—youth (in person); parents (online/in person)

  • Intake – (60 minutes) - 200

    Psychotherapy appointments (50 minutes, individual talk therapy, play therapy, parent therapy, or parent/child interaction) – 165

    Parent Consultation (30 minutes) 100

Let’s Connect

I believe we all have an innate capacity for growth and healing across the lifespan. It’s also a lot easier to explore the places we are stuck and experiment with news way of being when it is shared with a safe person. As your therapist, I will join you with compassion, authenticity, curiosity, and playfulness. I welcome you, in all your personhood, moment to moment. 


Outside of the play therapy room, I enjoy adventuring outdoors with my two kids, playing games and word puzzles, and trying new things that I’m not good at so I don’t take myself too seriously. I am a big fan of puns, but my kids don’t think I am as “punny” as I do. 😉

When you work with me, we will focus on:

Creating a Sense of Safety in Relationship I’ll hold a nonjudgmental, strengths-based space for you, your child, and teens and I will join you with compassion, authenticity, and curiosity. 

  • Nervous System Regulation – With every client, we will work on regulating our nervous systems so we can change how we respond to life’s challenges, how we experience and engage the world around us as well as the people in it. 

  • Attachment – We will work on building secure attachment between you and your child so that your child develops an internal sense of safety. 

  • Non-Verbal Expression – Toys are used like words for children, and play is their language. For clients of all ages, using a variety of mediums (toys, art, sand and figures…) allows for safe expression of feelings and experiences that are hard to engage, feel, and express verbally. 

  • Practical Parent Support – You’ll gain tools and resources to help you feel more confident and empowered in your role as a caregiver and build a more satisfying and connecting relationship with your child, through approaches backed by the latest research in attachment and interpersonal neurobiology.

Therapy with Janelle is about relating to your child moment to moment, offering my acceptance, and thus creating a safe space for kids to take risks to grow and heal.


  • I believe all behavior is communication. I collaborate with youth and families to better understand and address the needs behind the behaviors to create a greater sense of well-being for your kiddo, teen, and family. 

  • I also closely collaborate with parents/caregivers to help you feel more confident and empowered to care for yourself and your child. We all need a tribe, and I’m honored to be part of yours.

  • Therapy with me is about relating to your child moment to moment, offering my acceptance, and thus creating a safe space for kids to take risks to grow and heal.

  • I believe all behavior is communication. I collaborate with youth and families to better understand and address the needs behind the behaviors to create a greater sense of well-being for your kiddo, teen, and family. 

  • I also closely collaborate with parents/caregivers to help you feel more confident and empowered to care for yourself and your child. We all need a tribe, and I’m honored to be part of yours.

Janelle’s Education and Professional Training 

Education 

Master of Arts, Marriage and Family Therapy, George Fox University

  • Specialized coursework in Family Systems, Child Centered Play Therapy, and Expressive Arts for Traumatized People

Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies, Westmont College 

Trainings & Specialties 

  • Safe & Sound Protocol music therapy to reduce stress and increase resilience and social engagement

  • Trauma-informed Sand Tray Therapy 

  • Play Therapy 

Experience

Three years in private practice and one year in community mental health working with youth, parents, and families. 

Professional Affiliations

American Association for Marital and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

 “See a child differently, you see a different child.”

– Stuart Shanker