https://wewalkalongside.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-10 https://wewalkalongside.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-02-27 https://wewalkalongside.com/coaching daily 0.75 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/af87327b-329c-48e5-9305-8b6a0c32a9fd/coachesNEW.jpg COACHING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/5f3f34c5-4f2f-4b6e-89f9-3ce77bdb0201/Brandon.jpeg COACHING - COACH Brandon Sears Brandon Sears lives in NE Portland with his wife Katy and their three boys. With a mentoring background and a graduate of the Coaching Mastery Program, Brandon believes that through coaching people gain clarity on their purpose and goals and feel equipped to take positive steps to move forward. Brandon has coached people who discover areas of desired growth, impact, and possibility, while helping and supporting them in closing the gap between where they are now and where they want to be. https://wewalkalongside.com/companionship daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/e104ad84-9e03-4d82-9975-c9a0f12cd397/directors.jpg COMPANIONSHIP - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/2fa8a0aa-2695-4877-a7e9-728dbac0c7a5/e71f43fa-6485-4b5d-8300-14a36ffb7b30.jpg COMPANIONSHIP - DIRECTOR Byrn Pliska-Girard Bryn is mother to Pearl with spouse, Tyger, who met while having the most Portland jobs ever: a barista and a bike mechanic. Bryn's pastoral experience covers time in traditional church spaces as well as small businesses, and entrepreneurial endeavors. Across all experiences, Bryn has seen that God is at a good work in every soul all the time, and the power of good conversation and a good cup of coffee. Bryn has a Masters in Theological Studies from Portland Seminary of George Fox University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/4cdc8fd2-f0d7-4e88-b542-45d639b58130/bill+Keiselhorst.JPG COMPANIONSHIP - DIRECTOR Bill Kieselhorst Bill retired from 35 years of service as a missionary in Africa with Foursquare Missions International. His role was in indigenous leadership development as a teacher and mentor to 300 pastors on an in-service basis and later as a missions representative to Foursquare Churches in the Pacific Northwest. As Bill entered his convergent years about ten years ago, he entered spiritual direction under SoulFormation and the School of Spiritual Direction, realizing spiritual direction is a very natural outgrowth of his mentoring ministry. Bill likes to think of spiritual direction as spiritual companionship, as it is an intimate shared conversation of two people on the Emmaus Road together with Jesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/f86d3b77-1099-4177-b20b-a6fd6224bff4/KE_Mentors_-33-web-Wewalkwithyou.jpg COMPANIONSHIP - DIRECTOR Megan Betz Megan is a spiritual director and a registered nurse. For years, Megan could see the deep need and desire in her patients for deeper care, but didn’t know how to provide that in healthcare settings. As a spiritual director, Megan has the privilege of accompanying people on their own spiritual journey, providing a safe space for soul care. With nearly 15 years of experience as a registered nurse and a decade of serving in church leadership, Megan is passionate about the interdependence of the body, mind and spirit. She completed Soul Formation’s Academy of Spiritual Formation and is trained in Genesis Process. Currently she works as a nurse in holistic addiction recovery. It is her joy to illuminate Divine love and care to those she companions in recovery. Megan parents differently abled and neurodiverse children, is a pastor’s wife, has experience navigating anxiety/depression and surviving/recovering from abuse and trauma. More about Megan at https://bio.site/meganbetz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/6d879098-7e6c-4965-85a2-d4ee4670f8dc/Steve+Pietila.jpg COMPANIONSHIP - DIRECTOR Steve Pietila Steve began his spiritual journey while in high school, believing that the challenges of being human in society were not fully addressed by what the social or political systems had to offer. While he wasn’t brought up in a Christian home, there was something about Jesus that from an early age spoke to him and drew him near. After exploring different spiritual paths, Steve made a commitment to following Jesus and found an intentional Christian community where he could live out a meaningful Christian life modeled after the early church and the teachings of Jesus. While in the community Steve met his soul mate Julie and they started a family. The community moved from Southern Oregon to Ohio where Steve managed a mental health program. After about a year the community disbanded and another change in life ensued. With two small boys in tow, Steve and Julie moved back to Portland (Steve’s hometown) in 1990. They remained active serving in church communities and hosting gatherings in their home with people seeking a deeper and more authentic life of faith. Steve has been working with a spiritual director for about three years and went through training in spiritual direction. He is currently enrolled in Soul Formation’s Academy of Spiritual Formation and once completed will enter the School of Spiritual Direction. Steve and Julie have been married 42 years, have three grown sons, and live in Portland where the operate a small service company. Steve serves on the board of TEARS, a nonprofit organization with missionaries in the Dominican Republic, and is active with a competitive outrigger canoe club. https://wewalkalongside.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://wewalkalongside.com/counseling daily 0.75 2024-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/5795104b-b05a-48e0-acd9-9b72a5bb69d9/counselors.jpg COUNSELING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62167ea500d8a644e2fa19fd/45d856e3-a1e1-4bb3-a60e-01369d61df8a/Matthew+Cronin.jpg COUNSELING - COUNSELOR Matthew Cronin I bring a compassionate and empathetic approach to my work as a therapist. With a background in community service, pastoral, and mission work, I have lived and worked in various countries and diverse cultural settings, allowing me to adapt my therapeutic approach to each client’s needs. Trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and other Evidence-Based approaches, I collaborate with clients to develop practical strategies for overcoming challenges and enhancing their quality of life. Holding degrees in Theology, Pastoral Studies, and Counseling Psychology, I integrate a holistic and collaborative approach to address psychological, spiritual, and existential dimensions. I provide a warm and supportive therapeutic environment to help clients navigate life’s challenges, heal from the trauma of broken relationships, and learn to develop and pursue a meaningful and fulfilling life as they define it. Collaboratively we explore and develop the areas of Understanding, Connection, and Practice. I live and am learning to thrive in Vancouver, WA, and work with clients in the Greater Portland/Vancouver Metro Area. My wife and I married in 1990, and we have two adult daughters. 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