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About Taylor

Experience that informs the conversation.

Garrett “Taylor” Bachman is an independently licensed clinical social worker in Oregon and Washington and the founder of PNW Counseling Alliance in downtown Oregon City.

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Behavioral-health experience since 2008

Taylor has worked in behavioral health since 2008, including on a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric unit, in dual-diagnosis treatment and residential programs, in homeless shelters and correctional healthcare, and in private practice.

Working with other healthcare providers and people from a wide range of backgrounds facing complex circumstances has shaped his calm, direct approach.

A straightforward clinical style

Taylor listens closely, evaluates what is happening, offers candid insight, and provides recommendations clients can actually use. The work is strength-based and goal-oriented without being formulaic.

Clients can expect thoughtful questions, candid feedback, and practical recommendations, with room to disagree, reflect, and decide what fits. The work stays focused on the goals they bring to therapy.

Professional and personal perspective

Taylor primarily works with executives, business owners, working professionals, retirees, first responders, and couples navigating relationship strain, professional pressure, major transitions, or consequential decisions.

He is also part of a military family and married to a law-enforcement professional, providing personal proximity to the demands service can place on relationships, routines, and family life.