Queerly Rooted Therapy

Therapy for queer and trans people in Portland, Oregon who long to root down and create a better world together


Note (updated Nov. 2025): I am not currently taking on new clients, but expect to have openings soon. Please fill out the contact form below if you’re interested in being added to my waitlist and I will reach out soon.

Things are rough right now. It makes sense that many of us are struggling to keep going, overextending ourselves till we’re burntout, and feeling stuck in patterns that aren’t moving us towards the lives we want to live. I experience these challenges too and I know how important it is to have support along the way.

I offer in-person Covid-cautious therapy services to queer and trans individuals, couples, and polycules .

How I Pratice

Relational & Authentic

I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to be in an authentic and collaborative connection with you in support of your therapeutic goals. Just as so much of our wounding happens in relationship, our healing happens in relationship. I use what I notice playing out in our relationship to guide our work together.

Social Justice & Systems Theory

You’re more than an individual. We’re deeply shaped by the systems we’re navigating in the present as well as the histories that have brought us to this moment. I practice locating both you and myself in the systems that have shaped us. I know both that healing is possible exactly where we are and also that our healing requires systemic change.

Somatics/Body-Based Psychotherapy

Talking about our problems only gets us so far. I believe that connecting to our bodies can offer us opportunities for transformation that talk therapy alone cannot. Healing needs to be felt in our tissues. And transformation often requires us to notice our embodied habits and choose to practice something new.

Aspen Bialer
Professional Counselor Associate

I’m a queer, trans woman and a white antizionist Ashkenazi Jew with lived experience of chronic illness and neuroqueerness. I strive to act within political lineages of resistance and resilience. I’m educated in an eclectic array of somatic methods, woven from modern and ancient practices, including those of East and South Asian, Indigenous, and Jewish lineages.

In my everyday life, you may find me dipping my toes into rivers, looking at mushrooms, and cawing at crows. I also spend time juggling, playing piano, cooking with friends, and reading fiction.

I’m a Professional Counselor Associate (Oregon #R10241) working towards Oregon licensure. I received my Masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies. I’ve taken the Relational Somatic Healing training “Beyond Attachment.” My own personal healing has been heavily influenced by the politicized work of Generative Somatics through my teachers Wes Somerson and Dona Hirschfield-White as well as the modalities of Organic Intelligence and Somatic Experiencing. These are not modalities that I have specific training in, but modalities that have significantly shaped my relationship to myself and the work that I do.

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Frequently asked questions

  • I work with queer and trans individuals of all ages, couples, and non-monogamous relationships.

  • I am part of Open Minds Counseling and am able to bill the following insurances:

    Regence of Oregon
    MODA
    Cigna/Evernorth
    UBH/UHC/Optum
    Providence
    Pacific Source- commercial, not CCO
    AETNA

    I hope to be able to take OHP by Spring 2026.

  • My rate is $150 per session.

  • At the current moment, I prioritize seeing clients in-person at a location in inner NE Portland. If you’re interested in working with me and are unable to consistently meet in-person due to disability access needs, please let me know and we can discuss other options.

  • In alignment with disability justice, I continue to take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously. I wear a KN95 mask and run an air filter during our sessions. I do not require my clients to mask. At this time, I prioritize meeting in-person over telehealth session. Note that the shared waiting room does not require masking.

    Feel free to let me know in our consult if you have other needs that you’d like to discuss.

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*Please note that it may take me a few business days to respond to emails. Thank you in advance for your patience.*