About us
Liberation Institute offers a wide range of groups, from support groups, psychoeducational groups, process-oriented groups, and cognitive-behavioral groups. Each type of group therapy has its own goals and methods, and is designed to address specific issues and concerns. Let's heal together as a community.
Upcoming events
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The Long Beginning
·OnlineOnlineThe Long Beginning is a process-oriented space for women in the midst of early adulthood who are navigating anxiety, identity, relationships, and the pressures of becoming someone in the world. Group sessions will include relational sharing, gentle somatic awareness, reflection, and facilitated group dialogue. Curiosity, honesty, and a willingness to show up as you are are all that is required.
When: Fridays, Bimonthly in-person and Zoom
Time: 4-5:30 pm
Where: Online- Zoom
Suggested donation: Contribute what feels sustainable and aligned for youTo RSVP or learn more: Email brittneyv@liberationinstitute.org
About the Facilitator: Brittney Van Matre is a depth-oriented facilitator who works with anxiety, identity development, career change, and life transitions. She brings 20+ years of executive leadership and coaching experience to her practice. Brittney works with women in early adulthood who are navigating career stress, relationships, and the uncertainty of this life stage. She brings warmth, steadiness, and deep respect for the unfolding process of change. Brittney is a therapist trainee, supervised by Brad Byrum #T2185.
3 attendees
Authentic Movement
Location Given Upon Registration, NE Portland, Portland, OR, USAuthentic Movement is a relational movement practice centered on deep listening, embodied expression, and witnessing. In this practice, one person moves while another witnesses with attentive presence, creating space to be seen in authenticity without judgment or performance. Through spontaneous movement, stillness, and reflection, Authentic Movement invites communication through the body and cultivates awareness, connection, and trust in inner experience.
Facilitator Bio: Sarah-Luella Baker (Sarah-Lu) facilitates Authentic Movement spaces focused on embodiment, presence, and relational witnessing. Their work supports participants in exploring authentic expression through movement, reflection, and compassionate observation. Sarah-Lu is a transdisciplinary artist, witch, somatic practitioner, and experiential evolutionary astrologer. An RSMT/E with an MFA in dance, they weave somatics, ritual, ancestry, astrology, and radical education in service of individual and collective liberation. Sarah-Luella is a graduate student in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa University. Supervisor #: Brad Byrum #T2185
When: Saturdays July 11 & 18, August 8 & 15 10 AM- noon
Where: SE Portland, Location shared upon RSVP. We will provide the Zoom/Google Meet link or physical address after registration to support privacy and confidentiality.
Cost: Donation-based
RSVP Email: sarah-lu@liberationinstitute.org2 attendees
Climate Wayfinding Book Group
·OnlineOnlineWhen: Mondays – June 22 to Aug 17
(skipping July 16)Time: 5:00-6:30 PM PDT
Where: Online with Liberation Institute (link will be shared with RSVP)
Suggested donation: Offered by donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
To RSVP or learn more: Email Liza at lizab@liberationinstitute.org
Climate Wayfinding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home is a newly published book by Katharine Wilkinson, co-editor of All We Can Save and Drawdown. It is a compassionate, empowering guide that helps readers move from climate grief and overwhelm to meaningful action and direction. This book is designed to be read together, building community and support as we learn to navigate the climate crisis. It features interactive elements like journaling prompts, practical exercises, and conversation guides.
This group will meet for 8 sessions, one for each chapter. Participants will read the chapter beforehand, spending 1-2 hours each week on reading, journaling, and self-reflection. We will then come together to discuss the chapter and engage in group explorations. If you don’t have the book yet, please contact your local library to order it.
For anyone who feels grief, overwhelm, frustration, and a desire to come together to process what is happening locally and globally, this group is for you.
About the Facilitator: Liza (she/her) has been involved in the eco-crisis since she was a teenager, witnessing the vast harm to our landscapes: open-pit mines, clear-cutting, dams, and bottom trawling our oceans. After completing a degree in botany, ecology, and conservation, she connected with the spiritual path and spent two decades learning about how we really heal. In 2018, she completed a traditional three-year, three-month meditation retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and taught as an Associate Lama for 4 years. She is now completing her graduate studies in mental health counseling at Prescott College, with an emphasis on ecotherapy, somatic and emotion-based therapy, and is a student intern at Liberation Institute. She also has availability for individual counseling sessions if desired. Liza is supervised by Brad Byrum T2185
2 attendeesAuthentic Movement
Location Given Upon Registration, NE Portland, Portland, OR, USAuthentic Movement is a relational movement practice centered on deep listening, embodied expression, and witnessing. In this practice, one person moves while another witnesses with attentive presence, creating space to be seen in authenticity without judgment or performance. Through spontaneous movement, stillness, and reflection, Authentic Movement invites communication through the body and cultivates awareness, connection, and trust in inner experience.
Facilitator Bio: Sarah-Luella Baker (Sarah-Lu) facilitates Authentic Movement spaces focused on embodiment, presence, and relational witnessing. Their work supports participants in exploring authentic expression through movement, reflection, and compassionate observation. Sarah-Lu is a transdisciplinary artist, witch, somatic practitioner, and experiential evolutionary astrologer. An RSMT/E with an MFA in dance, they weave somatics, ritual, ancestry, astrology, and radical education in service of individual and collective liberation. Sarah-Luella is a graduate student in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa University. Supervisor #: Brad Byrum #T2185
When: Saturdays July 11 & 18, August 8 & 15 10 AM- noon
Where: SE Portland, Location shared upon RSVP. We will provide the Zoom/Google Meet link or physical address after registration to support privacy and confidentiality.
Cost: Donation-based
RSVP Email: sarah-lu@liberationinstitute.org2 attendees
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