Be Well Holistic Health:
Life-Saving Behavioral Health Care for Marginalized Communities in Oregon
At Be Well Holistic Health, we are more than a clinic—we are a lifeline for communities too often overlooked by traditional healthcare. As one of Oregon’s leading providers of culturally specific and trauma-informed behavioral health services, we provide life-saving care for the LGBTQ+ and disabled community, fostering a safe and supportive environment for healing and growth for those facing complex neurological and emotional challenges.
Our integrative approach bridges physical and mental health care, providing accessible, inclusive, culturally-attuned healthcare, with a focus on serving communities experiencing marginalization. With a team that reflects the communities we serve, we create a safe, affirming space for every patient to be seen, supported, and empowered.
Together, we’re setting a new precedent for the future of radical mental health: care that saves lives, nurtures belonging, and inspires hope.
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Values:
Be Well values and recognizes the importance of:
Being body-centered and treating the “whole system,” including the nervous system
Acknowledges impact of systemic oppression on wellness
Team culture and identity reflects the client’s served
Provides affordable, socially and culturally appropriate care
Socially and culturally appropriate and attuned care
All-encompassing and collaborative approach to treating the mind and body.
Harm reduction approach
Community-centered: Nothing about us without us
De-pathologizing and destigmatizing mental health
Vision Statement:
To be a leading provider of culturally specific, and trauma-informed behavioral health services, with a focus on serving LGBTQ+ and disabled community, fostering a safe and supportive environment for healing and growth.
Mission Statement:
At Be Well Holistic Health, our behavioral health team’s mission dovetails perfectly with the organization at-large: to provide integrative, culturally-attuned healthcare, with a focus on providing client-centered care to communities experiencing marginalization. We are dedicated to creating a community and space that is accessible, inclusive, and which fosters trust and sets a precedent for the future of radical mental health.
Welcome to Be Well Holistic Health, located in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of NE Portland. We offer Acupuncture, Shiatsu Massage, and Herbal and Nutritional Counseling, as well as additional energetic bodywork modalities. We have an in-house herbal medicinary, and work with Golden Cabinet Herbs, which are highest quality, organic Chinese herbs. We are available for health consults and on-going family medical care.
Our Mission
- To make gentle alternative medicine available to all, especially underserved populations
- Provide medicine that respects the tenderness you need
- Provide medicine that respects your whole self
- Provide medicine that deeply restores
Our Principles of Care
- Your body has the capacity to heal itself
- Listening is key (for the practitioner)
- Sometimes less is more; the body responds to gentle, specific and appropriate care
- In order to heal the nervous system you must feel safe
- Look at what is working and how to further support the natural healing process
- Treat the root of the symptom to facilitate healing, not just pain management
Values
- Be Well values and recognizes the importance of:
- Being body-centered and treating the “whole system,” including the nervous system
- Acknowledging the impact of systemic oppression on wellness
- Prioritizing a team culture and provider identities to reflect the clients served
- Providing affordable, socially and culturally appropriate care
- An all-encompassing and collaborative approach to treating the mind and body.
- A harm reduction approach
- Being community-centered: Nothing about us without us
- De-pathologizing and destigmatizing mental health
Take the first steps on your journey with Be Well Holistic Health
Gentle Modalities of Care
- Japanese style acupuncture - uses a ‘teishin’ non-insertive needling
- Moxibustion - warming technique that enhances energy
- So-tai - gentle neuro-muscular structural alignment and balancing
- Shiatsu - meridian therapy massage
- Total Body Modification - applied kinesiology muscle testing
- Fascia Energetics - fascia massage that integrates meridian therapy
- Bach Flower Remedies - vibrational therapy for emotional wellness
- Cranio-sacral - deep listening of internal rhythms to treat the brain and nervous system
- Watsu - water therapy for deep relaxation
- Homeopathy - vibrational medicine to unblock deep patterns
