- Nature-based methods
- Coaching focus
- PhD in health psychology
About Justin
Dr. Justin Panneck is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people rebuild confidence and find steadier footing. He focuses on self-esteem, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. His style blends practical coaching with therapeutic conversation to help people move forward.
He spent six years as a nature-based therapist on a 70-acre farm in Canby, Oregon. There he led activities such as forest archery, shelter and fire building, guided mushroom foraging, nature art, and ceremonies. For the past four years he has worked in independent practice and continued to use nature-focused ideas alongside clinical methods.
His background includes a Master’s in Counseling, a Master’s in Education, and a PhD in health psychology that looked at coping with daily and major life stressors. His doctoral research examined the intersection of ethnopharmacology and psychology, with attention to plant medicines in traditional healing contexts. He draws on that research when helping clients prepare for or integrate their personal work with entheogens they pursue independently.
He mixes coaching and clinical perspectives for career questions, getting unstuck, men’s issues, grief, addictions, and chronic pain or illness. He also offers support for relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, and mood disorders. His practice brings tools such as mindfulness, dream work, somatic exercises, and cognitive-based techniques into sessions.
Outside the therapy room he runs motivational retreats and consults for organizations on performance and resilience. He also develops men’s groups and rites-of-passage work, combining creativity, humor, and experiential activities to help people connect with purpose and personal growth.
He spent six years as a nature-based therapist on a 70-acre farm in Canby, Oregon. There he led activities such as forest archery, shelter and fire building, guided mushroom foraging, nature art, and ceremonies. For the past four years he has worked in independent practice and continued to use nature-focused ideas alongside clinical methods.
His background includes a Master’s in Counseling, a Master’s in Education, and a PhD in health psychology that looked at coping with daily and major life stressors. His doctoral research examined the intersection of ethnopharmacology and psychology, with attention to plant medicines in traditional healing contexts. He draws on that research when helping clients prepare for or integrate their personal work with entheogens they pursue independently.
He mixes coaching and clinical perspectives for career questions, getting unstuck, men’s issues, grief, addictions, and chronic pain or illness. He also offers support for relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, and mood disorders. His practice brings tools such as mindfulness, dream work, somatic exercises, and cognitive-based techniques into sessions.
Outside the therapy room he runs motivational retreats and consults for organizations on performance and resilience. He also develops men’s groups and rites-of-passage work, combining creativity, humor, and experiential activities to help people connect with purpose and personal growth.