Who We Are
Karissa and Phil started Roots & Branches Counseling, LLC as a way to address gaps in the growing need for consistent, effective, and skilled mental health therapists in the community who are passionate about providing mental health care to people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Karissa Viebeck, MSW, LCSW is a mental health therapist with experience working as an in-home counselor for high risk youth and families, providing group therapy in an intensive outpatient program, and providing individual and family therapy for 5 years both at a clinic on the east coast and with Deschutes County Behavioral Health locally before starting Roots & Branches Counseling, LLC in February, 2020. She graduated with her Masters from Rutgers School of Social Work in 2017.
Karissa provides individual and family therapy with older adolescents and adults.
She has experience working with various mental and behavioral health issues including depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD and neurodivergence in adults, addiction, suicidal ideation, relationship challenges, life transitions, stuck patterns, grief and loss, self-shame and self-doubt, adolescent issues, women-centric care, and increasing support for the LGBTQ+ community.
In her free time, Karissa loves to get outdoors, hike around the cascade lakes and high desert, paddle board, kayak, draw and paint, spend time with her daughters and keep her dogs and cat out of trouble around the house.
Phil Viebeck, MSW, LCSW is mental health therapist with experience in a variety of settings from summer camp counseling to inpatient drug and alcohol detox and rehabilitation. Phil worked for Deschutes County Behavioral Health as a therapist for 4 years in both Redmond and La Pine, Oregon. He graduated with his Masters from Rutgers School of Social Work in 2017.
Phil provides individual and couples therapy with adults.
He has experience working with a wide variety of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, reactions to trauma including PTSD and dissociative disorders, internal conflict, attachment issues, relationship issues and family dynamics, identity issues, existential depression and anxiety, shame, addiction, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and more.
