About Justin
Dr. Justin Panneck is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people find direction during hard transitions and persistent struggles. He works with concerns like anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addiction, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
His style blends practical coaching with therapeutic work so people can make steady changes in daily life. He spent six years as a nature-based therapist on a 70-acre farm in Canby, Oregon, guiding activities such as forest archery, shelter and fire building, foraging, and nature art.
Background and approach
That outdoor work shaped a hands-on approach that he later brought into independent practice. He has now worked as a counselor for ten years, including four years in independent practice. Justin holds a Master’s in Counseling, a Master’s in Education, and a PhD in health psychology.
His doctoral research examined coping with stress and the psychological aspects of plant medicines, and he combines academic study with practical techniques to support recovery and growth. His sessions often mix coaching, mindfulness, somatic methods, and cognitive tools. He also supports preparation and integration for clients who pursue plant-medicine or psychedelic experiences on their own.
He has consulted with medical teams and presented on topics like consciousness, archetypes, and healing at universities and institutes. Clients can expect a flexible, creative approach aimed at restoring functioning and helping them get unstuck. He draws on practices that include acceptance-based methods, emotion-focused work, and experiential activities to help people build healthier habits and clearer personal goals.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when uncomfortable emotions appear, which can help with anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and experience, using empathic listening to build trust and encourage self-directed change. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an approach often used for trauma-related memories and intense emotional distress; it aims to reduce the hold of troubling memories and make them easier to process.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That decision is collaborative, and adjustments are made over time based on what helps the client make progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is useful for full conversational work and visual cues, phone calls can be a simpler check-in without video, and chat or text messaging can support brief updates, homework, or flexible scheduling. These options help people keep momentum, fit sessions into busy days, and continue work between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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