Nathan Becker, LPC

Mindful Kinetics offers individual therapy for adults in Portland and throughout Oregon via telehealth. I specialize in anxiety, ADHD, OCD, insomnia, and body-focused repetitive behaviors. A meaningful portion of my practice focuses on OCD and OC-related concerns. Treatment may include CBT, ACT, Exposure and Response Prevention, and skills-building. My work is collaborative and individualized, helping clients better understand their symptoms, reduce patterns that keep them stuck, and move toward greater flexibility, confidence, and meaningful change.

I treat co-occurring concerns that commonly overlap with OCD, including anxiety, insomnia, body-focused repetitive behaviors, perfectionism, avoidance, burnout, shame, and emotional regulation difficulties. Treatment is collaborative and individualized. We begin by understanding how these concerns interact and what patterns are keeping the client stuck. From there, I integrate evidence-based approaches such as CBT, ACT, exposure-based therapy, CBT-I, skills-building, and neurodivergent-affirming strategies to support practical change while honoring each client’s lived experience, pace, and goals.

My training in treating OCD and OCD-spectrum concerns began during my clinical internship at NW Anxiety Institute, where I received specialized experience working with OCD, panic, phobias, social anxiety, and related concerns. There, I developed a strong foundation in evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Exposure and Response Prevention. Since then, I have continued working with adults experiencing OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, avoidance, reassurance-seeking, perfectionism, and related anxiety patterns. My approach is structured, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based care while remaining compassionate and individualized.

As a multiracial therapist, I bring both personal and professional awareness of how identity, culture, family expectations, belonging, and “in-between” experiences can shape mental health. My own experience navigating a mixing of cultures helps me approach multicultural work with humility, curiosity, and respect for complexity. I do not assume one identity, background, or community tells the whole story. In therapy, I aim to create space for clients to explore how culture, race, neurodivergence, family systems, stigma, and lived experience intersect with anxiety, shame, relationships, and self-understanding.

My clinical education and training emphasized culturally responsive care, ethical practice, and the importance of understanding clients within the context of identity, family, community, and systems. My experience as a crisis counselor with the Washington County Crisis Team also gave me the opportunity to support people from a wide range of racial, cultural, socioeconomic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds during moments of significant distress. In my current work, I continue to approach cultural competency as an ongoing practice of humility, curiosity, self-reflection, and adapting therapy to each client’s lived experience rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all approach.