Dr. Ari Kramer, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist in Portland, OR — therapist at ThriveTalk

Dr. Ari Kramer, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

Updated August 14, 2026 How we verify

About

Dr. Ari Kramer, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides fully virtual therapy through Empowering Therapy and Consulting LLC, working primarily with LGBTQ+, transgender, and neurodivergent adults on sociopolitical anxiety, body image, and gender-affirming care.

Services

  • Transgender issues
  • LGBTQ+
  • Sociopolitical anxiety
  • Body image / size acceptance
  • Neurodivergent-affirming therapy
  • ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Autism
  • Body image
  • Chronic illness
  • Family conflict
  • OCD
  • Polyamory
  • Racial identity
  • Relationship issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Sex therapy
  • Sexual abuse
  • Trauma / PTSD
  • Women's issues
  • Attachment-based
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Existential
  • Feminist
  • Integrative
  • Multicultural
  • Psychodynamic
  • Trauma-focused

State licenses

  • Oregon · License #3209 · Psychologist (Clinical) Active

  • Illinois · License #071.010081 · Psychologist (Clinical) Active

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 7 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity anchor, credentials (Psychologist, PsyD), practice name, locations (Portland OR / Chicago IL), specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, insurance (PacificSource), fees ($260/session), session format, license numbers OR 3209 and IL 071.010081, graduation year 2016 from Pacific University (psychologytoday.com)
  • Duplicate listing variant with full name 'Ari Kramer' and listing photo URL, same record ID 390853 (psychologytoday.com)

provider practice website (About Me)

  • Bio, pronouns (he/him), self-disclosed identity as a queer transgender man, PhD/PsyD degree mention (conflicts with PT/NPPES), professional background (community organizer, UIC Counseling Center internship, John Marshall Law School postdoctoral fellowship), contact phone/email, headshot photo (empoweringtherapyandconsulting.com)

provider practice website (home)

NPPES registry

  • NPI 1528491248 for Dr. Ari Ben Kramer, PsyD, sole proprietor, address 1110 SE Alder St Ste 301, Portland, OR; phone (503) 433-2649 and fax (971) 266-4965 matching practice website; taxonomy Psychologist, Clinical cross-referencing OR license 3209 (secondary) and IL license 071.010081 (primary); enumerated 2013-08-16, last certified/updated 2025-01-10 (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

Oregon Board of Psychology (license portal)

  • Attempted direct license status lookup for OR license 3209; portal is an interactive JS search tool that returned HTTP 405 to automated fetch and could not be queried directly (obop.us.thentiacloud.net)

Illinois IDFPR (license portal)

  • Attempted direct license status lookup for IL license 071.010081; portal is an interactive search tool that could not be queried directly by automated fetch (idfpr.illinois.gov)
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