Empowering You

to

trust your inherent wisdom.

discover your personal wilderness.

transform suffering into creativity, determination, and love.

Are you going through a time of major transformation or healing?

Do you find yourself in the unknown, feeling confused, scared, or overwhelmed?

Are you worried you have lost your way, or find it hard to trust you will be okay?

Transformative Counseling

Ryja (Rylan Jay) Testa, PhD

Areas of Specialized Expertise

I specialize in working with people during times of great transformation of body, mind, and spirit.

Working together, we can connect you with your deepest intentions and inner wisdom, and guide you through any trauma or stuck patterns that block you from moving forward.

You can find meaning and confidence and actualize your inherent gifts.

Find your way…

Hi. I am Ryja.

I am here to guide you with utmost compassion, as I have walked these paths of healing and transformation myself.


I integrate these experiences to support you in connecting with your own inherent wisdom, capacity for healing, and inner knowing of truth.

Whether your healing path focuses on our human connection, on touching the wild earth, on shamanic elements, or on creative practices, we can discover your personal essence and power. We can connect with the resilient aliveness in you, which has persisted through it all.

You don’t have to do the unknown alone.

  • 60 minute sessions

    virtual sessions available for those in Oregon & California; in person sessions available as arrange in advance on Bay Area and Portland local trails, locations varying by season

    OHP insurance coverage accepted; forms can be provided for insurance reimbursement; sliding scale available for private pay clients, inquire for pricing

  • 1-5 day personalized supported retreats, with intention setting sessions in advance and integration sessions following retreat

    available in and around the California Bay Area and the Oregon Portland Area at pre-arranged sites

    sliding scale, inquire for personal pricing