About
I'm Troy Rowland, a licensed professional counselor in Oregon. My practice is one person and one room in Portland, with video for clients in Oregon, where I am licensed.
I see autistic adults, many of whom were diagnosed, or began to suspect it, in their thirties, forties or later. I'm not here to diagnose you or to fix you. I'm here to listen, to be direct, and to help you work out what you need.
I keep the practice small so I can keep it quiet: one client at a time, a warm lamp, a chair that doesn't swivel, and nothing that surprises you. Outside the room, you'll find me on the river trail with a thermos, reading about birds, or fixing my bike.
Direct language, with no hints to decode.
Pauses, silence and "I don't know yet" are all welcome.
Light, sound and seating are yours to adjust.
I keep your records private and share them only as the law allows.
50 min
Session lengthCamera off
Always an option on videoIn writing
Agenda before each session
Your counselor
Licensed Professional Counselor
Troy sees adults one to one, in the Portland office and by video for clients in Oregon. He explains each part of a session before it starts and lets you set the pace.
Three ideas that shape how I work.
I take your way of seeing and sensing as a difference to understand, not a problem to smooth out.
Questions are fine, silence is fine, and so is saying "not today."
My job is to help you find words for them, and to help you ask for what helps.
How I work
The same shape each time, so you always know where we are.
You get it before the session. We can change it together, in the room or on the call.
I say what I mean and I ask when I'm not sure what you mean. No hints to decode.
Light, sound, seating, camera and where to look are yours to set, and to change halfway.
A few written lines after the session on what we covered, so you don't have to hold it all in your head.