Beth Bogdon
LPC
Background & Training
I’ve always been drawn to learning—when something sparks my curiosity, I dive in completely.
What draws me into this work is presence — the quality of actually being in the room. There is something that happens when a person arrives as themselves, even in deep suffering, willing to be met rather than managed. That quality of contact is what I find myself most oriented toward, in my own life and in the room with others.
My chronic pain has been an unexpected teacher in this. It has asked of me, in almost every moment, a kind of honesty about what is actually here. I have not always been able to think my way through it. But I have learned to be with it — and that has shaped everything about how I work.
My formal training includes a Master's degree in Counseling from Lewis & Clark College, along with years of study in Jungian psychology — through one-on-one mentorship with a Jungian therapist, specialized trainings, and a reading life that has always pushed at the edges of what I think I know.
Jungian psychology found me at the right time. It doesn't view people as broken or in need of fixing — it sees the psyche as always communicating, through dreams, patterns, emotions, and the body, guiding us toward wholeness. That perspective changed the way I understand people, and it shapes everything about how I work.
I am drawn to ideas that challenge and expand. That curiosity is something I bring into the room.
Equally important is my commitment to understanding the cultural and social context in which we all live.
I work with people of all races, gender identities, ages, sexual orientations, and physical abilities, recognizing that each person's journey is shaped by their unique lived experience. I'm dedicated to ongoing learning about my own biases and privileges, and to using my position thoughtfully and ethically in service of supporting others to live and thrive in their full experience.
What Brings Me to This Work
For much of my life, I believed that pushing through pain — both physical and emotional — was the only way forward. Living with chronic pain taught me how to endure, but it also disconnected me from myself. I tried to solve it by thinking my way through, analyzing every possibility, searching for the right answer. But healing didn't come from figuring it out — it came from learning to listen.
Through my own experience in therapy and spirituality, I discovered the power of deep attention — of turning toward what was already present rather than forcing change. Slowing down, allowing the body and the unconscious to speak, shaped not only my own healing but the way I work with others.
I'm continually moved by the courage and wisdom I witness in those I work with. Whether exploring dreams, bodily sensations, or patterns in daily life, transformation seems to arrive through a growing connection with inner experience — not through effort, but through attention.
As that process of listening deepened, I found an impulse to offer something in that same spirit. These recordings are that invitation.