Spotlight: Connective Therapy Collective
Keely Helmick, owner of Connective Therapy Collective (left), and the exterior of the practice (right).
The providers at Connective Therapy Collective understand firsthand the power of culturally competent healthcare. Dedicated to lowering barriers to access, the therapists bring over a century of combined experience and a range of diverse, intersectional identities to their shared practice.
Tell us about your business.
Connective Therapy Collective offers individual and relationship counseling, as well as trauma-informed therapy for the LGBTQIA2S+ community and those in alternative relationship structures. Our services include individual counseling and therapy, couples therapy, trauma-focused therapy, sex therapy, and weekly group therapy (with free groups offered regularly!). We accept insurance and offer sliding scale options for all services.
How do you feel Portland shapes or influences your business or work?
When we started Connective Therapy Collective in 2020, there were few spaces in East Portland that truly supported the more marginalized intersections of the queer community. We wanted to create a clinic where people from different economic and cultural backgrounds—navigating complex trauma, non-traditional relationships, or sexuality issues—could find care that felt safe, informed, and genuinely affirming
What role does your business want to play in the community?
Connective Therapy Collective is a team of individual and relational therapists and counselors dedicated to supporting survivors of complex trauma, people in both traditional and non-normative relationship structures, and folks of every identity and experience. We specialize in trauma-informed, affirming care for the LGBTQIA2S+ community and for people from economically and socially marginalized backgrounds. Our multidisciplinary approach centers safety, respect, and radical inclusion—honoring each person's unique path to healing and mental wellness.
