Food allergy-focused therapy supporting families at every stage of their journey
Hypervigilance. Anxiety. Dealing with stigma. These are all constants when it comes to living with food allergies. Haley-safe exists so that no family has to navigate it alone, building the emotional resilience and practical skills to move forward with strength and confidence.
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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, live with anaphylactic food allergies, and love being a mom of three.
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I work with those experiencing and/or impacted by their connection to food allergies. This typically includes parents, children and adolescents, couples and families.
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Questions? Or want to get started with a free 20 minute consultation? See ways to get in touch.
Hi, I’m Haley.
As a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate with specialized training in emotionally-focused therapy, I started Haley-safe because I believe the food allergy community deserves professional support from a practitioner that has the lived experience of maintaining the hypervigilance that accompanies life-threatening food allergies.
It’s one thing to study how these diagnoses may impact you and your family, but it’s something else to work with someone who pours over every food label, carries multiple EpiPens, and studies a server’s body language at restaurants to assess their level of understanding and diligence.
This world wasn't built with you in mind. And that’s why I’m inviting you to a space where you don’t have to explain the impact of food allergies. Whether you live with them or care for someone that does, I deeply understand the mental energy you expend on a daily basis to stay safe.
I approach my work with clients from a systemic perspective, utilizing Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to support healing, connection and sustainable change. We will explore your beliefs about yourself, with intentional consideration of your unique identities, honoring the complexities of what makes you, you. Collaboration is at the heart of how I establish a therapeutic relationship and I aim to infuse hope and build trust from our first session. We’ll use goals as our guide to make progress towards change, growth and self-acceptance. I work with clients of any gender expression, race, size, sexual orientation, relationship model, culture, religion, age, and disability.
I earned a Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy from Lewis & Clark College. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (R7929) and I am fortunate to be supervised by Lana Kim, PhD, LMFT in the State of Oregon. I trained in EFT at the Portland Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy in 2021 and completed advanced EFT training in 2022.
Who I work with
Parents processing grief, anxiety and trauma around food allergy diagnosis
Children and adolescents with food allergies (anxiety, social isolation, health-related PTSD)
Couples whose relationship is strained by the stress of managing a life-threatening condition
Families navigating conflict around allergy management roles and responsibilities
Core services
Individual therapy — for parents or children dealing with allergy-related anxiety, PTSD, grief and depression - $175
Couples therapy — for partners who are misaligned on risk tolerance, need a shared space to process their new normal or are experiencing caregiver burnout - $215
Family therapy — restructuring family roles, sibling dynamics and communication around allergy management - $215
Child & adolescent therapy — supporting kids with identity, peer relationships, school anxiety and autonomy development - $175
Clinical Specialties
Health and illness anxiety
Medical trauma / post-anaphylaxis PTSD
Anticipatory grief and loss
Parenting stress and anxiety
Couples connection disruption from chronic medical stress
Get in touch
hello@haleysafe.com503-836-7642I offer free 20 minute consultations to prospective clients. Please complete the form below to schedule a consultation.