Owner / Director / Psychotherapist
Beverly Schwartz graduated from New York University School of Social Work in 1987. She began to work as a therapist in a Brooklyn clinic, and also started her post-graduate training at “The New Institute for Gestalt Therapy”. (Gestalt Therapy is a process that allows us to find our deeply held ‘stuck’ places that are holding us back, and then work to get ‘unstuck’).
Beverly completed the Gestalt Training Institute in New York City in June 1990. One year later, she was approached by the Institute trainer to do trauma therapy with people who had been in automobile accidents. At the time, the trainer was conducting psychological testing on accident victims. Beverly accepted, thus beginning her accident trauma therapy work. In 1993, Beverly moved to Portland, opened a private practice, and started the same trauma work in Portland. In 2010, Beverly founded SOMA Trauma Therapy to focus exclusively on motor vehicle accident patients.
Social Worker
Sara Cagle is an independently Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Oregon. She obtained a BS in Human and Consumer Sciences from Ohio University in 2002 and a Masters degree in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 2005. Sara spent the first 9 years of her career working in public health, where she provided long term counseling and supportive services to individuals and families affected by and infected with HIV. It was this experience that shaped Sara into the caring, supportive and nonjudgmental clinician she is today. Sara’s interest and commitment to help and to serve victims of accident-related trauma began after her own automobile accident in the spring of 2013.
Since becoming SOMA’s primary therapist in 2015, Sara has continued to gain expertise in the field of trauma therapy by becoming an EMDR trained practitioner.
Sara utilizes several therapeutic interventions which include:
- EMDR
- Guided Imagery/Relaxation/Breathwork
- Relational/Supportive Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Beth Wiseman graduated from Capella University in 2014. She has been working in the field of mental health since 2010. Beth has also been a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor since 2012. She has a focus on trauma and has worked at every level of care with clients with PTSD and Complex PTSD.
Beth uses an eclectic approach to trauma in order to tailor therapy to the individual client. She is trained in:
- EMDR
- Internal Family Systems
- CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
- DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- Compassionate Inquiry
Beth has been working with Soma since 2022. She has developed EMDR protocols to better serve those with post-car accident trauma.
Mychelle Moritz is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oregon. She graduated from Marylhurst University with a Masters degree in Art Therapy and then received a Post Graduate Certificate in Counseling in 2005. Her career as a therapist has been focused on trauma mainly using EMDR and somatic approaches. Early in her career, Mychelle worked in nonprofit settings providing therapy to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Over the last several years, she has been in private practice supporting individuals as they heal from many different trauma experiences including motor vehicle accidents. Mychelle joined SOMA as a contracted therapist in 2022.
Mychelle approaches therapy by creating a supportive environment, based on a warm and dynamic relationship. She focuses on soothing the nervous system and then working to reporcess trauma memories through a combination of active therapeutic techniques including
- EMDR
- Somatic Work
- Narrative
- Cognitive Behavioral Approaches
“It’s a welcome reprieve to work with someone who understands the type of trauma, anxiety, and depression I’m feeling, and can see it from a clinically objective standpoint while offering a personal and caring connection.”