New Perspectives Center
New Perspectives Center opened in 1995 and is a limited liability company, LLC. We are a private for-profit outpatient behavioral health facility that contracts with state licensed independent contractors (counselors and psychiatric nurse practitioners) to provide outpatient mental health services for toddlers, children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and families. We are certified by the Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services and take the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), Medicare and commercial insurances.
In 2013 we became associated with the Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) for Marion and Polk Counties called Willamette Valley Community Health (WVCH). Through this affiliation, we became contract providers for the Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network (MVBCN) which is comprised of many different behavioral health provider agencies. Each of these agencies offer different types and kinds of services in order to offer the consumer a variety of treatment specialties and options while looking for or receiving services/care.
We are moving from treatment to care. We partner with our clients in order to coordinate and navigate their care. We stress and teach healthy lifestyles and healthy choices while helping clients find resources that assist and support their recovery.
Linda Bednarz, MT-BC, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Board Certified Music Therapist, who has worked in the mental health field for over 25 years. She provides individual and group therapy for adults with depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, dual diagnoses (mental health and addictions) life transitions, and chronic illnesses such as diabetes and chronic pain conditions. She uses strength based, creative approaches that may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness and Music Therapy. She regularly offers groups for Creatively Coping with Chronic Conditions and Pain. She has a Masters of Science in Counseling from Western Oregon State College and a Bachelors of Music Therapy from Willamette University.
Tammy Chatfield, MA MFT, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 10 years clinical experience. She has over 30 years’ experience providing social services support to children and families. She has training and experience in trauma informed care, providing Individual, couples and family therapy. She specializes in treating children and adolescents. She has extensive experience working with children and youth in the foster care system as well as other children and youth who have experienced significant trauma. She has worked in community mental health and school settings. She is familiar with the 504 plan and IEP process for students and is a strong advocate for academic support. She has extensive experience working with children and adolescents exhibiting behavioral and emotional challenges. She also has experience in working with the family court system, providing family therapy for challenging family issues. She uses a strength-based approach, and has extensive experience working with children and youth in New Solutions and other higher levels of care. Tammy has a certification in Child Trauma through the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress in collaboration with the National Center for Crisis Management. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, Family Studies from Western Baptist College (now Corban University) and a Master of Arts Degree in Marriage and Family therapy from George Fox University.
Anne Cummings, LCSW, MSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides therapy for adolescents and adults. She works with individuals, couples and families and specializes in psychodynamic theory and complex trauma-related disorders and provides comprehensive and supportive treatment for anxiety, depression and attachment problems related to trauma. Anne has received diverse training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mind Body Bridging and Mindfulness and Healing Meditation. She takes a holistic and person-centered approach and utilizes evidence based practices to help clients achieve their goals while engaged in therapy. Anne is committed to providing clients with the essential support, cultural sensitivity, compassion and empathy that they need to restore their sense of self and improve self-esteem and self-confidence. She received her Masters is Social Work from the University of Utah and is an active member of NASW.
Dmitri Dosamantes, MA, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has over a decade of clinical experience. He works from a collaborative, strength-based approach, and capitalizes on what has worked for you in the past. The human experience is vast and no two are alike. He will consider all that you bring into therapy, culture, family systems, your values, core beliefs, etc. Through exploration he will help you identify how your human experience has influenced how you go through life. He may challenge some of your core beliefs that may be out dated or not fit with the changes that you want to make. Dmitri has an eclectic approach that incorporates Humanistic, Relational, Behavioral, Mindfulness, and Narrative therapies. He has extensive experience working with teens and parents and how to maneuver though such challenging years. He does a lot of couples counseling and enjoys seeing how learning to effectively communicate changes the dynamics of a relationship. His work with the transgender population has given him a lot of satisfaction as he’s helped them on their journey to become their authentic self. He also provides letters to begin hormone treatment and related surgerie