Ivy Medow

Ivy Medow is an Oregon licensed professional counselor (LPC) with four years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing work and life transitions, questions about direction, and stresses tied to caregiving and aging. Ivy lists life purpose among her focus areas and helps people who feel stuck or unsure what comes next.

Ivy concentrates on practical steps. She talks through work-related concerns, motivation, and confidence. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. Her approach aims to set clear goals and small ways to move forward.

In sessions Ivy often explores how family of origin and cultural background shape choices. She addresses isolation, self-esteem, and issues that arise in midlife or during major life changes. She also helps people facing hospice, end-of-life planning, or the strain of long-term caregiving.

Ivy uses techniques drawn from mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative work, and solution-focused methods. That mix helps people notice patterns, clarify values, and test short experiments to see what feels useful. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with time to reflect and plan practical next steps.

She works in English and provides support for concerns including prejudice, multicultural stress, traumatic brain injury, seasonal affective disorder, and women’s issues. The first session focuses on identifying priorities and creating a simple plan for the next few sessions.

Approaches and online session planning

Mindfulness Therapy helps people become more aware of thoughts and bodily reactions in everyday moments. It can reduce reactivity and make it easier to notice what matters when feeling stuck. Motivational Interviewing focuses on strengthening a person’s own reasons for change. It is useful for work motivation, life shifts, and deciding on next steps because it explores values and ambivalence.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to test methods and refine what helps most based on goals and preferences. This is a practical process that can change over time as priorities shift.

Confirm the session formats available before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so appointments are more manageable. Discuss format preferences during the matching and scheduling steps to find how sessions will fit into daily life.