Counseling
Building Resilience, Empowering You
JFCS’ Counseling program provides compassionate, person-centered, trauma-informed mental-health services to adults, children, teens, couples and families facing life’s challenges. Our priority is to provide support based on trust, empathy and understanding to ensure that our clients feel safe, empowered and able to make progress toward their goals.
Our Counseling team is currently accepting new clients and accepts major insurance plans, including Medicare, OHP, Regence, Providence and Moda. We also offer sliding-scale options for uninsured or underinsured clients.
If you’re interested in scheduling with our counseling staff, please click here to complete our intake form. Once we receive your request, we’ll review it and a counselor or staff member will reach out to you. If you have any questions about our counseling services before filling out the form, feel free to email us here.
Our Counseling team and program:
- Includes licensed and master’s level providers (MSWs and LCSWs)
- Provides culturally competent, confidential and effective services
- Offers our clients as many treatment options as possible
- Accepts private pay, sliding scale, Medicare and secondary insurance, as well as commercial insurance according to plan provision
- Sees clients by appointment-only at our downtown offices, in our space at the Eastside Jewish Commons (EJC), at Congregation Kol Ami in Vancouver, in their home when warranted, and online via telehealth.
JFCS’ counseling services focus on wellness and the development of coping strategies via a strengths-based approach for a variety of mental health issues.
“At JFCS we operate from a person-centered perspective, identifying and reinforcing inherent resilience while validating the struggles we face during the most vulnerable periods of our lives.”
– Douglass Ruth, LCSW, Clinical Supervisor
Our counseling services include:
- Psychotherapy for adults across the lifespan
- Counseling for children, teens and families
- Short-term solution-focused therapy
- Processing and support groups
For more information, click here to contact the Counseling department.
QJ Roots: A Queer Jewish Youth Support Group
For ages 15–21 | Facilitated by Adrien Wolmark, Ph.D., LCSW
QJ Roots will be held the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Eastside Jewish Commons
Being queer and Jewish can be powerful—and complex. This support group offers a safe, affirming space for young people (ages 15-21) to explore the intersections of identity, community, and lived experience.
Whether you’re navigating life transitions, relationships, gender identity, sexuality, or the stress of current events, you’re not alone. Together, we’ll share stories, build resilience, and reduce isolation through connection, reflection, and resource-sharing.
The group is drop-in, no cost, and no registration necessary.
Meet Our Counseling Team
Douglass Ruth, LCSW
Clinical Director
Specialties: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution Focused Therapy (SFBT)
In collaboration with his clients, Doug (he/him) helps them: identify and tap into their core values and goals; gain a deeper understanding of their motivations and symptoms; and engage in reflection and behavior change.
Doug accepts Medicare, OHP, Moda, Providence and Regence. He also offers a sliding-scale option for uninsured or underinsured clients.
Learn more about Doug here. Doug is currently not accepting new clients.
Chaviva Greenberg, MSW, CSWA
Mental Health Clinician
Specialties: Behavioral and mental health, including for those with disabilities
Chaviva (she/her) helps parents and children tackle mental-health issues like anxiety by reducing accommodation behaviors. She has training in evidence-based solution-oriented therapy for youth and social-skills interventions. She also integrates CBT and mindfulness techniques to support pain management and women’s health.
Chaviva accepts OHP, Moda, Providence and Regence, and offers a sliding scale option for clients.
Learn more about Chaviva here. Click here to schedule an appointment with Chaviva.
April Rosenberg, MSW, LCSW
Mental Health Clinician
Specialties: Seniors, Young Adults, ACOA, Chronic Anxiety and Depression, PTSD, Group Therapy
April Rosenberg (she/her) draws upon her lived experience and clinical expertise to effectively use Cognitive Behavioral, Gestalt, Rogerian, Somatic, EMDR and Motivational Interviewing techniques and therapies to guide clients to real-world lasting life changes.
April sees clients at Eastside Jewish Commons (EJC) on Mondays, at Congregation Kol Ami in Vancouver on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and at JFCS on Thursdays.
Learn more about April here. Click here to schedule an appointment with April.
Nicole Walters, MSW, CSWA
Mental Health Clinician
Specialties: Adults across the lifespan, grief, loss, anxiety, depression, life transitions
Nicole (she/her) works with adults across the lifespan, supporting clients through issues related to depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and life transitions, including aging-related challenges. She approaches this work through a person-centered, trauma-informed (PCTI) lens.
Nicole offers telehealth and a sliding scale option for clients.
Learn more about Nicole here. Click here to schedule an appointment with Nicole.
Adrien Wolmark, PhD, LCSW
Mental Health Clinician
Specialties: Affirming care for LGBTQIA+ communities; trauma including religious and spiritual challenges; Identity development; Adults, teens, couples and relationship therapy
Dr. Adrien Wolmark (they/them) is a seasoned clinical social worker with more than thirty years of experience supporting clients through trauma, identity development, and systemic challenges to emotional well-being. Deeply committed to affirming care for LGBTQIA+ communities, Dr. Wolmark believes in the innate human drive to grow and heal, even in the face of adversity.
Adrien sees clients at Eastside Jewish Commons (EJC) on Tuesdays, at JFCS on Mondays and Thursdays, and via Telehealth on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Learn more about Adrien here. Click here to schedule an appointment with Adrien.
Sima Borsuk, MSW, CSWA
Mental Health Clinician
Specialties: Older adults, including Holocaust Survivors and others who have experienced trauma
Sima’s (she/her) focus on a person-centered trauma-informed (PCTI) approach helps clients manage aging-related challenges, and she brings a vast network of necessary services to which to connect those in need.
Sima is available to see clients on a sliding scale.
Learn more about Sima here.
Watch this short video above featuring JFCS’ clinicians discussing community need and their role in supporting clients’ mental health.
Learn more about our Counseling program:
JFCS: the community’s go-to agency for mental health services
Learn more about our mental health services and PCTI approach to care
Click here for a list of Behavioral Health Community Resources
Contact our Intake Manager by:
- calling (503) 226-7079, ext. 650; or
- sending an email; or
- filling out our online intake form
We will help determine the best clinician with whom to meet. Please contact the selected therapist to schedule an initial visit.
We look forward to meeting and working with you!
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