New Pattern Counseling

There’s still time to Register for THIS Saturday! Get empowered & equipped for those important conversations with your teen or pr***en in your life. Email: [email protected] for questions & the link!

The Back-to-School Edition 📚 📝 💞

New Pattern Counseling Integrated dual diagnosis counseling service for Drug & Alcohol Addiction, S*x & P**n Addiction, LGBTQIA+ issues, Existential & Spiritual Concerns

Your child is heading to middle school. Are you ready for “The Talk”?

As a parent, sending your pre-teen/teen into middle or high school for the first time can bring a whole new level of questions:

What are they going to hear?
What are their friends going to tell them?
What are they going to find online?
And will they come to me when they have questions?

Most of us probably didn’t get a great s*x talk from our parents. Some of us didn’t get one at all! Many of us entered our first experiences with s*x and relationships without the guidance we really needed.

Now our kids are growing up in a world where the internet, social media, peers, and culture are talking to them about s*x constantly.

As parents, we can’t control every message our kids will encounter, BUT we can make sure OUR voice is one they hear first—and one they know they can come BACK to.

S*x, s*xuality, and relationships are complicated. Our kids deserve more than silence, awkwardness, or a crash course from the internet. They need a trusted guide.

And who better to guide them than the people who love them most?

That’s why I’m offering The Talk Workshop—a workshop designed specifically to help parents feel more confident and prepared to talk with their kids about s*x, s*xuality, relationships, and growing up.

This isn’t about giving you a script or telling you exactly what to say. It’s about helping you become the kind of parent your child can turn to when the questions get complicated.

📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 New Pattern Counseling | Gresham, OR
💵 $20/person | $30/couple

I’m Rhys Pasimio, LPC, CADC II, CSAT, and Clinical Director of New Pattern Counseling. I specialize in s*xual sobriety and compulsive s*xual behaviors, and I’m passionate about helping parents and families navigate these conversations in healthy, meaningful ways.

If your child is specifically heading into middle school, this may be one of the most important conversations you have with them.

📧 [email protected] to sign up.

Let’s make sure our kids have someone to talk to—BEFORE the internet becomes their teacher.

How was your summer? As temps (hopefully) start to go down & school time starts to gear up, all sorts of conversations and topics can come up. This month’s Update letter has some special resources and opportunities to help with the transitioning seasons of weather and life in general.

New Pattern Counseling Integrated dual diagnosis counseling service for Drug & Alcohol Addiction, S*x & P**n Addiction, LGBTQIA+ issues, Existential & Spiritual Concerns

Who taught you about s*x?

Did you get The Talk from your parents? Was it actually helpful? And did you learn what you needed to know before your first s*xual experience?

S*x, s*xuality, and relationships are some of the most powerful and complex parts of being human—yet many of us entered them with very little guidance.

And today? The internet is talking to our kids about s*x constantly.

So who will help them make sense of it all?

I believe parents are best equipped to take the lead, BUT if the thought of having “The Talk” leaves you overwhelmed, unprepared, or uncomfortable, this workshop is for you!

This workshop is designed to help parents become more confident and comfortable talking with their kids about s*x, s*xuality, and relationships—without the conversation becoming awkward, harmful, or something you wish you could take back.

I’m Rhys Pasimio, LPC, CADC II, CSAT, Clinical Director of New Pattern Counseling. I specialize in s*xual sobriety and compulsive s*xual behaviors, and I’m passionate about helping families navigate these conversations in healthy, meaningful ways.

📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 New Pattern Counseling, Gresham, OR
💵 $20/person | $30/couple

📧 [email protected] to sign up.

Let’s help our kids hear about s*x from someone who loves them, knows them, and has their best interests at heart.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering why some clients continue to return to the same addictive patterns despite genuine motivation and repeated treatment attempts, this workshop is for you.

THIS Friday, June 5, we’ll take a deeper look at the underlying dynamics that often contribute to chronic relapse and make recovery more complex than simply “quitting.”

In Introduction to Addiction Interaction Disorder, we’ll explore:

* Why chronic relapse occurs and how to interrupt the cycle
* The difference between Acting Out and Acting In patterns
* How substance use and behavioral addictions interact and reinforce one another
* Practical approaches to treating co-occurring disorders
* Why sobriety involves more than abstinence
* Hidden addictive processes that clinicians frequently encounter, even when no substances are involved

Whether addiction treatment is your specialty or just one part of your caseload, this training is designed to provide practical concepts and tools that can be applied immediately in clinical practice.

Training Details

Date: Friday, June 5
Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
Format: Virtual Training
Credits: 6 NBCC Credits
Cost: $120

Registration is still open, but space is limited.

Register here: https://newpatterncounseling.com/continuing-education-class/

Questions? Contact us at:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 971-421-8696

We look forward to having you join us.

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April Fools Day is just around the corner, but the new things coming out of New Pattern Counseling this year are no joke!

We’ve already held our first workshop (on the Enneagram), released weekly newsletters from Rhys Pasimio on Substack, and will be launching an update email to keep you informed on all of our other offerings & announcements. This email will include our upcoming CE class worth 6 NBCC credits!

Join this launch by emailing [email protected] with the subject line: “Update my Inbox with New Patterns!”

Then check out that weekly newsletter by clicking here:

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