Nirmal Conforti

Nirmal Conforti

Credentials: LCSW
Practice: Real Life Solutions
Phone: (541) 668-5288
E-mail: nirmal@nirmalconforti.com
Location: 115 NW Greeley Ave. Bend, OR 97703
Website: https://nirmalconforti.com/
Insurance Accepted: Pacific Source, Aetna, GEHA, First Choice, Out of Network
Fees: $130 - $175

Specializing In—
Relationship Issues, Anxiety, Depression

About

My heart-centered approach comes not only from my training but from my own life experiences.

I met the love of my life when I was 43 and got married for the first time at 45. Before that, I was single for 12 years.

I always wanted to be married, but I had things I wanted to do first. Many things. Plus, relationships were confusing, they didn’t feel right to me most of the time.

I saw very little evidence around me of the kind of amazing relationship that I wanted. I got very clear about what I wanted, and then, with help, I did the work I needed to do to create it.

After graduating with an English degree from Syracuse University, I spent 10 years teaching in wilderness settings as an outdoor guide and park ranger. I lived and worked in some of the most unique parks in the United States. I served as a law enforcement officer, firefighter, climbing ranger, and outdoor educator. In many ways I was living my dream, but I wanted more.

At 30, I went back to school and earned a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Clinical Social Work and started my personal healing journey in earnest. I didn’t realize that that is what I was doing – I just knew I was depressed, and the way I managed things needed to change.

While in school, I started practicing yoga. I started therapy. I traveled. I learned breath-work and became a facilitator and a trainer. I went on silent retreats.

I trained in psychoanalysis, relationship counseling, group work, coaching, and mindfulness. I got better. I got clear on what I wanted in my life and learned how to create it. It wasn’t even close to what my family expected from me or what I learned from them. I found my own way.

I learned and continue to learn about the connections between mind, body, brain, and emotions, and how physical, mental, and emotional changes happen.

I love helping people gain emotional intelligence and get better at responding to their own needs in the context of their relationships.

Because life is relationship, and once you learn to interpret your own emotions and utilize that learning, it becomes much more fun.