Roberta K. Deppe, M.A.

About Roberta

I have a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Lewis and Clark College. I completed my internship at the Portland V.A. Medical Center, working in the outpatient mental health clinic in the Mood Disorders Center and the PTSD treatment team. 

 

Since graduating from Lewis and Clark I have worked in private practice and as a group therapist at an eating disorders clinic. I am a Registered Intern of the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists. This means that I have completed my education and am doing the years of work required prior to being licensed in the state of Oregon. 

 

Counseling psychology is a second career for me. I hold a doctorate (Ph.D.) in social psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a professor at private liberal arts colleges for ten years.  My research was on motivation,  goal setting, performance anxiety, and the things people do to protect themselves that actually end up getting in their way. I love teaching and mentoring students, and I teach part time now.  I left a tenured faculty position in order to be able to work one-on-one with people, worked for a while as the associate director of academic advising at the University of Oregon and then moved to Portland to focus on counseling psychology.  Giving up full-time teaching was worth it:  It is a joy and a privilege to work with clients.

Individual and Group Therapy