ORRIN-PORTER MORRISON, PH.D., PSYCHOLOGIST

Orrin-Porter is a clinical psychologist who is passionate about getting to know others and their struggles while working collaboratively with them to find relief, safety, and inner calm. He helps individuals with a variety of disorders including depression, anxiety, trauma and childhood trauma, and Borderline Personality Disorder. In addition, his focus is on helping individuals who struggle with deep emotional concerns, such as low self-esteem or low self-worth, grieving the loss of a loved one or life change, fear of abandonment or rejection, difficulty trusting in themselves or others, feeling unsure about relationships or the future, struggles with managing anger, and difficulty trusting feelings or even difficulty with connecting with feelings. He works with clients who struggle with cultural, diversity, and religious/spiritual concerns per clients’ requests.

Orrin-Porter uses an evidence-based integrative approach to assessment and therapy. His primary approach is Emotion/Emotionally Focused Therapy, which emphasizes learning how to gain greater tolerance, awareness, and understanding of emotions to process them adaptively. He incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy to provide practical methods of increasing awareness of current experiences and patterns in behaviour. Regardless of the intervention, he believes that establishing a collaborative relationship that is both safe, trusting, and open is key to the therapeutic process, and he develops a treatment plan that is tailored to your needs, intending to increase your quality of life as well as improve relationships, emotional functioning, self-awareness, mastery, and ability to be the person you want to be.

Orrin-Porter received his B.A. in psychology, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Windsor, Canada. He has worked in a variety of clinical settings including the Psychological Services and Research Centre (University of Windsor), the Centre for Psychological Services and Research (University of Ottawa), the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the Ottawa Couples and Family Institute (Sue Johnson’s initial clinic), and Barrhaven Psychological Services, and the Ottawa Anxiety and Trauma Clinic.  

When not engaged in diving deeply into peoples’ concerns, Orrin-Porter enjoys spending time with those closest to him and engages in a variety of hobbies that include cooking, camping, backpacking, gardening, board games, sailing, and exploring the sights around Utah. He is focused on continually learning including seeking to develop his training in trauma and risk.

Note that Orrin-Porter’s waitlist is currently open.

He is most accessible through email

orrin.porter.morrison@gmail.com
(613) 737-1194 ext. 302

Media I’m interested in:
Video on how emotions influence break-ups: How to Get Over The End of a Relationship | Antonio Pascual-Leone
Educational video on Emotions: Alfred & Shadow

Book on trauma: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Storybook on grief: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Book about a fictional child in trauma: Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley