About Justin
Dr. Justin Panneck helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or off course. He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and challenges around self-esteem and life purpose.
He also supports people facing career shifts, chronic pain or illness, trauma, and sleep problems. He trained as a Licensed Professional Counselor and spent six years doing nature-based therapy on a 70-acre farm in Canby, Oregon. There he used outdoor activities like shelter building, guided mushroom foraging, and ritual work alongside conversation.
Background and approach
For the last four years he has run a independent practice in Oregon that blends clinical counseling with coaching and personal growth work. Justin brings a mix of clinical study and practical methods to sessions. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, emotion-focused work, existential thinking, and client-centered approaches.
He also uses breathwork, movement, dream work, and practices aimed at restoring cognitive balance and improving daily functioning. His background includes a Master’s in Counseling, a Master’s in Education, and a PhD in health psychology focused on coping with life stressors.
His doctoral research examined ethnopharmacology and psychological healing, and he supports clients who pursue plant medicine work on their own by helping with preparation and later integration. Outside the therapy room he has experience as a corporate trainer and behavioral health consultant. That background informs practical coaching for career goals, motivation, and peak performance alongside traditional counseling methods.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps in that direction while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and motivation struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on naming and working with core emotions to change how people relate to themselves and others; it can help with grief, intimacy issues, and emotional regulation. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) involves structured processing of traumatic memories and can support recovery from trauma and panic symptoms when done by a trained practitioner.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences, and current needs. That may mean trying a few techniques and adjusting the plan over time, combining practical coaching with emotion-focused or acceptance-based practices.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues and shared exercises, phone can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days, different time zones, and varied routines while keeping the focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this counselor 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