Counseling Services for Individuals, Couples, and Families

Daniel Duncan, LPC
Licensed Therapist

Dan is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Eugene, Oregon. He has offered counseling services for 30 years in various settings, for clients aged 3 to 75 years old. Dan has deep experience working with individuals, couples, children, and families, with a commitment to clients of any diagnoses. He specializes in Autism, anxiety, ADHD, adjustment issues, bipolar, and more. He strives to make therapies concrete and straightforward and to help his clients find real-world answers to some of the most challenging issues.

Dan grew up in Ohio and obtained a BA in Psychology from the University of Hawaii while on a football scholarship. Following his BA, he earned a master’s degree from the University of Oregon in Counseling Psychology in 1996. A long-time Eugene resident, he and his wife have raised three sons in our community, and plans to continue to be a part of the Eugene community for some time.

Lara Bissonnette, LMFT
Licensed Therapist

Lara serves clients of all ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, spiritual beliefs, physical abilities, and relationship configurations. She approaches each client as uniquely distinct and is a firm believer that one approach to therapy does not fit all or even most people. She strives to engage every client in ways that honor their individual needs and desires. She offers a multidimensional approach that is trauma informed and guided by attachment theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and the biopsychosocial model of human health.

Lara has offered counseling services in the Eugene/Springfield area since 2016. As an undergraduate she earned degrees in both psychology and sociology and completed her master’s degree in Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University. She has continued to pursue the complex and beautiful interaction of human biology, psychology, and society in her private practice. When her son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and needed help regulating his nervous system, she became a certified yoga instructor and still uses this training to teach clients simple, but effective mindfulness strategies to help manage anxiety and stress. Recently, she completed certification in Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises and now teaches TRE to clients interested in new ways to de-stress and find inner calm.

Marial Smith, LCSW
Licensed Therapist

Marial has an established clinical therapy practice that has followed her years of work in bereavement counseling and medical social work, assisting individuals and families through long term care and home hospice care. She enjoys working with adult individuals at any phase of life, along with teens ages 16 and up. Her work draws upon elements of CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, and IFS. Specialty areas include depression, anxiety, PTSD, adjustment, attachment and death and grief.

Marial strongly believes that everyone, regardless of background or adversity, has the right to compassionate care in which their individuality is respected and celebrated. As a social worker she comes from a strengths-based perspective and always strives to work collaboratively. Marial draws upon elements of mindfulness and trauma-informed care in helping clients to define and work toward their goals. She finds that building confidence and self-esteem, alongside providing a safe space to process and explore, can open surprising doors for growth and progress.

Marial is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Eugene, Oregon. She is an Oregon native and a graduate of Portland State University (2016) and Southern Oregon University (2003).

Breeana Jarvis, LCSW
Licensed Therapist

Bree enjoys working with teens, adults, families and couples and believes the client is the true expert in their own lives. She sees herself as a guide along the way and takes a client-centered, trauma-informed approach, utilizing various therapeutic treatment strategies including cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. She has a wide variety of experience working with clients with depression, anxiety, disruptive behaviors, self-esteem, grief/loss and trauma.

As a long-time resident of Lane County, Bree began her career providing mental health counseling to the residents of a substance use disorder program as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and earned her Master of Social Work at Portland State University.

Eugene Obersinner, LCSW
Licensed Therapist

A native Oregonian, Gene grew up in a rural area near Woodburn, OR. He and his wife have lived in Eugene for over 30 years. His interests include the outdoors, basketball, soccer, cats, cooking, and performance-related psychology. He graduated from the U of O in 1990 and earned his MSW in 1997 from San Diego State University.

Emily Lyons, MSW, CSWA
Associate Therapist

Emily enjoys working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Her counseling focuses on people being experts in their own lives, and enjoys taking a person-centered and strengths-based approach to therapy. She believes that each person deserves a tailored therapeutic experience, using elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, family systems therapy, narrative therapy, systems perspective, and trauma-informed care.

Emily was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon and obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon in human physiology. After deciding to pivot from the medical field, Emily obtained her MSW from Pacific University. She is passionate about the community that she lives in and strives to make a positive impact with her therapeutic work. Outside of her clinical practice, Emily enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, hosting, and being outdoors.

Diana Budd, MA, RN, LMFT Associate
Associate Therapist

Diana works with clients of all ages as well as couples and families. Over the course of her 25-year career, she has enjoyed helping clients in life transitions. She uses a holistic mind-body approach that helps her clients to internally integrate the changes they desire to create in their life. By using an awareness of the mind-body connection, she helps clients utilize skills to assist with emotional regulation using somatic therapy, CBT, and strengths-based approaches. Diana works with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem issues, and life transitions with both adults and teens. Diana also works with couples to help strengthen relationships and repair trust and trauma in relationships.

Diana is a long-time Eugene resident that earned her master’s degree from Bushnell University in 1998 and has been active as both a therapist and a psychiatric nurse since then.

Jennifer Duncan
Business Manager

Jennifer is a co-owner of Applegate Counseling. With more than 20 years in high tech industries, including years of ownership in a niche software company, she brings a solid business background that supports the needs of our office behind the scenes. Jennifer is a Purdue graduate and a long-time resident of Lane County where she and Dan raised three sons.

Beckie
Billing Manager

Beckie is the heart of Applegate Counseling. Her background includes years of insurance billing and medical office management as well as experience helping young children with expanding their reading skills. She meets our clients with unmatched compassion and support.  She keeps our office running smoothly and makes sure it’s a welcoming environment for all.