Shannon White, MA
Shannon is a counselor and group facilitator at Living Wholehearted, LLC in Tualatin, Oregon. She has co-led groups on the topic of Sexual Abuse Awareness, Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery and Identity Formation for Young Women. As a volunteer for Abolition Now, she is co-leading a group of volunteers that wish to make an impact in the fight against human trafficking. She earned a master’s degree in counseling from Western Seminary, Portland, OR and completed additional theological graduate courses at Multnomah University, Portland, OR.
Shannon has worked in the area of Marriage and Communication as an intern for Love and Respect Now and helped with the production of the Illumination Project (a six week DVD series to help 18-35 year olds consider gender communications and the “Whys” behind Biblical Marriage).
This fall, she will be teaching a Marriage and Family Class at Multnomah University.
Shannon sees children, adolescence, adults and couples in her practice and has chosen to specialize in the area of trauma recovery under the direct supervision of Terra, Mattson, LPC, LMFT. Shannon has grown up in the Pacific Northwest and Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring OR is her church home.
Nicole Larson, MSW
Nicole came across Mending the Soul when searching for a curriculum that would meaningfully blend Christian theology and mental health science. As a social worker and provider of mental health care, she found there to be a lack of good materials that accounted for both Christianity and mental health. While she was volunteering to help develop a faith-based program for an agency wanting to serve sex-trafficked minors, she came across Mending the Soul and began training and partnering with them and is now on the NW Mending the Soul leadership team.
Nicole received her undergraduate degree in both Sociology and Communication Studies from the University of San Diego. She went on to get her Master’s degree in Social Work in 2005 from the University of Southern California. Nicole interned as a psychiatric social worker at a high school of 5,000 kids in south central Los Angeles. The kids she worked with had experienced a tremendous amount of trauma and abuse including abusive family relationships, grief, gang involvement, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol addiction, and some who experienced severe and persistent mental illness. She also worked doing attendance counseling at an elementary school where the emphasis was on engaging with families and providing counseling. Nicole then went on to intern at a coalition with the mission of addressing homelessness and hunger issues in Los Angeles. She organized and directed advocacy efforts for dozens of nonprofits around issues of homelessness and welfare in L.A. She also worked as a graduate research assistant for the School of Social Work at USC.
Nicole moved to Portland Oregon and began work as a counselor and case manager for homeless youth in downtown Portland for 3 years. The youth Nicole worked with had significant needs involving issues such as extensive trauma & abuse histories, sexual exploitation/prostitution, drug & alcohol addiction, foster care involvement, criminal records, health needs, and a wide array of mental health presentations, including severe and persistent mental illness. Nicole fell in love with this population of kids.
Nicole is very happily married and has 2 precious young children. She stays at home now to care for them and also counsels part time through her church, River West. She has also been a mentor through Mending the Soul to survivors of sex-trafficking in Portland for the last 2 ½ years. Nicole is passionate to see people experience the healing work of God in their lives and equipping churches to respond to the extensive needs of those who have experienced trauma.
Jeff Mattson, MA, ORGL
Terra A. Mattson, MA, LMFT, LPC
Living Wholehearted, LLC
Jeff & Terra Mattson are the co-founders and owners of Living Wholehearted, LLC, a professional counseling and consulting company that is dedicated toHelping Leaders Live With Integrity. As a husband and wife team, they are passionate about training and equipping leaders to know and process their own stories aligning the parts of who they are, (mind, body, spirit, and relationships) to move in the same direction."When leaders integrate their lives in this way, everyone in their wake benefits, but when they don't, everyone pays, it's just a matter of time."
Terra, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist & Licensed Professional Counselor, is the Clinical Director & Supervisor of the Living Wholehearted Counseling practice in Tualatin, OR, where a team of Professional Counselors and Spiritual Director work with children, adolescents, women, couples and families in a wide variety of areas, particularly sexual abuse and sexual addiction recovery. Terra is also an adjunct faculty member at George Fox University where she teaches courses in the Gradate Counseling Department. Jeff is an Organizational Leadership Consultant and has spent his years in a wide variety of organizational roles, including pastoral ministries at Rolling Hills Community Church. Jeff consults with a wide variety of business and non-profit leaders helping them and their leadership teams develop and thrive at work. Together, they train and speak at both local and national retreats & conferences. They also host regular workshops and retreats at the Living Wholehearted Lodge & Retreat located in Sherwood, Oregon. As a couple, they enjoy raising their two precious daughters and exposing them to the great outdoors through camping and fly fishing, learning how to garden and raise chickens, and live in the balance of working and playing hard. They are humbled and grateful to partner in the Kingdom work of rebuilding, restoring and renewing our lives, our families, and our communities by the love, grace and power of Jesus Christ.