Jeanette Miller MA

This is a favorite of mine because its all about your story. Our stories can have a great impact on who we are and our well being. Sometimes there are things in our stories that inhibit us from aspiring to things we desire or maybe they keep us from overcoming obstacles. Thats where narrative therapy comes in in that together we can work to rewrite that story by taking out those problem areas and rewriting it with you as the superhero and how you want to overcome.

There is a lot to say about emotional wounds. This is one area that I find can offer a lot of healing by creating space for these wounds. Many of these wounds can come from some kind of unmet need and we try to meet that need by chasing things that might not truly fulfill it and leaves us feeling unsatisfied. This is where then we can work together to give names to those needs and emotions and create healthy ways that you can meet that need in a way that leaves you feeling more at peace.

We have so many parts that have different jobs in us, but what happens when we shove some parts of us in a corner to not be addressed other parts begin to take over and change jobs. IFS is helpful in that it creates a space to give room to the parts of us that we might have "exiled" only to give them room to function in how they were meant to function and for you to have a better sense of self.

Anxiety can often be a symptom of other things going on in life, but first lets learn to understand where that anxiety is felt in the body and how it impacts you on a daily basis. From there we can learn to understand what is that anxiety telling you about you. I like work with clients in one gaining new coping skills, discover the story anxiety is telling in ones life with the hopes that anxiety can become a useful tool instead of something that over powers.

Through out the course of life we will experience grief or loss of some kind. This maybe loss of a loved one, loss of a job, loss of dream, etc.. Loss can be a great part of ones story and it can also be one that we have difficulty in sharing about. My approach to grief and loss is to be a listening ear to this part of the story, helping clients create memorials for their loss, give space for pain or regrets, and to eventually help one find a new way to carry the loss that is met with meaning.