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Ethan Randall

Founder of Tranquil Roots, Psychotherapist

MSW, LCSW, LICSW, CCTP

Trauma Therapist in Portland, Oregon and Washington State
Ethan Randall, MSW, LCSW, LICSW, CCTP
Trauma Therapist in Portland, Oregon and Washington State
Trauma Therapist in Portland, Oregon and Washington State
Nothing like the love of a dog.
Meeting Ceasar McCool, the No Drama Llama. My favorite kind of therapy professional to hang out with is the therapy llama! 

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Trauma Therapist in Portland, Oregon and Washington State
Trauma Therapist in Portland, Oregon and Washington State
Trauma Therapist in Portland, Oregon and Washington State

Ethan Randall

Therapist 

Experience: With over a decade of experience in social work, I have worked in a number of different environments. After finishing graduate school, I began working at a non-profit providing trauma therapy for families experiencing homelessness. Following this, I went to work for a public health department with individuals who were HIV positive, and then worked with teens and young adults aging out of foster care. For the past five years, I have been in private practice specializing in trauma treatment with individuals.

Education:

    • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from Georgia State University (2010)
    • Master of Social Work from University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2014)

Outside the Office: I like to hang out with my dog.  She likes to show off her tricks by sitting and laying down. She's much more talented than me - my special trick is making wrong turns. But at least I get the scenic view that way. :) Sometimes I also bust out my ukulele which I love because unlike other instruments you can't take the ukulele too seriously, it's just good fun.

The Best Client for Me: I work really well with those who have been through a lot of therapy and perhaps made some progress but feel stuck and are having trouble finding ways to continue growing. Many therapists rely heavily or entirely on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which usually focuses on more logical solutions. Logical solutions work for logical problems, but emotional problems require emotional solutions. When you have made as much progress as you can with logical solutions, we have to go to emotional solutions. I find the additional methods I use do a better job of getting to the emotional solutions than CBT does.

I also enjoy working with artists and creatives.  With a background in drawing and painting I find that I am able to relate to my creative clients in a unique way that helps in reshaping unhelpful thoughts.

Major Influences: Carl Rogers, PhD; Eric Gentry, PhD; Buddhist psychology and Thich Nhat Hanh; Jamie Marich, PhD

Training: I first became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina in 2016. I became an LCSW in Oklahoma in 2021.  When I moved to the PNW, I became a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington State in 2025 and an LCSW with Oregon in 2026. I am in good standing with each of these boards. I have completed the full EMDR training with an EMDRIA Accredited training program through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Additionally, I am trained as an Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Level 1 provider and hold a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) certification.

Therapuetic Approaches: EMDR, parts work and EFIT, mindfulness, somatic approaches, CBT

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