Psychoanalysis & intensive psychotherapy
Portland, Oregon

A deeper understanding
of yourself...

I am a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst specializing in intensive psychotherapy for people who struggle with longstanding emotional difficulties, troubled relationships, and recurring patterns that have proven difficult to change.

My practice focuses on psychoanalysis and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), a psychoanalytic treatment for borderline and narcissistic personality disorders.

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Consulting room with red psychoanalytic couch
The consulting roomPortland, Oregon
Approach

Depth, attention, and sustained therapeutic work.

My primary approach is psychoanalytic. Treatment is organized around close attention to emotional experience, recurring patterns of thought and relationship, and the ways these patterns emerge in the therapeutic relationship.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy

One to three sessions per week, with attention to recurring patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating.

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Psychoanalysis

An intensive form of treatment, ordinarily meeting three to five times each week.

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TFP

A structured psychoanalytic treatment for borderline and narcissistic personality disorders, ordinarily meeting twice weekly.

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About

Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst.

I have been in private practice since 2002. My work is grounded in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, with additional training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy through Columbia University’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

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James H. Powers, M.D.
Practice information

Fees, insurance, and scheduling.

Information about insurance participation, private-pay fees, scheduling, availability, and the Portland office is available on the Practice Information page.

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