Yasmin Miranda (she/her)

Since I am a book lover and social justice advocate, this type of therapy speaks to my heart, because it invites clients to be the author of their own lives. By separating clients from their problems, it offers an objective perspective and structure to reframe problems. Clients can identify their values, skills, and strengths in order to guide the direction of their life stories.

While I take an eclectic approach, there are many times where exploring the impact/influence of one's past helps lead to greater insight and recognition of unhelpful patterns. It doesn't have to be lying on a couch talking about your mother. (Thanks, Freud!) But rather, through this approach we can get curious about lessons learned at an earlier age that continue to shape the lens through which you see the world and move through it

Humanistic therapy centers on the idea that people are capable growth. By focusing on self-awareness, personal responsibility, and the development of a more authentic self, we can avoid putting people into narrow boxes or pathologizing every single issue and instead see people are individuals who just happen to be shaped by their experiences and able to learn and change.

I have spent approximately 8 years working with individuals on issues related to substance use such as "pre-lapse" thinking, coping skills, triggers, impulse control, and dual diagnosis mental health issues including co-dependency/attachment issues, mood disorders, and trauma.

With all patients I apply a trauma-informed approach, because it is my fundamental belief that we have all experienced some form of loss, adversity, or trauma that has shaped our beliefs and the way we interact with others. Trauma doesn't have to be violent to deeply affect us, but the sad truth is far too many people have endured physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. I try to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment to explore these experiences and heal from them

I became a therapist because I hated the therapist I had as a kid and swore I would do a better job making children feel safe, respected, and validated. I can think of few life stages as turbulent and stressful as adolescence, and as such I have spent a large chunk of my career providing individual and family therapy for youth ages 12-18. I firmly believe that if we invest in the mental health of young people, we as a society benefit when they become healthy adults.

With all patients I apply a trauma-informed approach, because it is my fundamental belief that we have all experienced some form of loss, adversity, or trauma that has shaped our beliefs and the way we interact with others. Trauma doesn't have to be violent to deeply affect us, but the sad truth is far too many people have endured physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse. I try to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment to explore these experiences and heal from them

I became a therapist because I hated the therapist I had as a kid and swore I would do a better job making children feel safe, respected, and validated. I can think of few life stages as turbulent and stressful as adolescence, and as such I have spent a large chunk of my career providing individual and family therapy for youth ages 12-18. I firmly believe that if we invest in the mental health of young people, we as a society benefit when they become healthy adults.