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My Approach to Helping

My approach to psychotherapy is eclectic in nature,in that I combine many different methods in order to best suit my patients' needs. I see an array of patients weekly, from people experiencing life trauma and severe mental and emotional crisis to people looking for life coaching, folks simply wanting advice and support to improve their quality of life.

I have many years of experience in marriage and couples counseling and have facilitated and witnessed many happy endings to extremely complicated relationship problems. Whether you are dating, engaged or married, couples counseling is the most intelligent way for a relationship to proceed to the next level when staying the same is no longer a suitable option. I use various methods to enhance communication that typically lead to conflict resolution between partners, spouses and family members.

I am also extremely developed in the treatment of addictions. Whether an addiction involves alcohol, substances, gambling or sex, I am connected to and respectful of all 12-step programs but not limited to them in my approach. There are times in one's struggle with addiction when they are not ready to reveal themselves in an AA group. There are also times in one's recovery, even while utilizing a 12-step program, that adding individual counseling would be an enhanced vehicle to enable them to achieve a more focused and personalized level of growth.

Part of almost all treatment involves delving into family of origin issues. These are often the complex issues of childhood and adolescence, which result in common blockages in current and adult life. I can help you find new understanding and insight, rather than relying on outdated coping mechanisms developed at an earlier time, which confuse and cloud, rather than clear, your issues.

Therapy with me is oriented toward growth and results. My motivation is to help you find resolutions in a brief period. Working together, we will get you feeling more balanced after the first session and set you on your way to understanding and resolving lifetime issues in a relatively short period of time. I am very proactive in my approach and will not be that therapist nodding to you as you talk endlessly about what plagues you. Although I am aware of the necessity of occasional "venting", I will do more by helping you to see your way through to solutions and gain insight into current life situations.

Lastly, I believe that having the courage to see a professional to discuss those issues that everyone else in your life will be biased toward puts you head and shoulders beyond those folks who suffer in silence and call it strength. Although therapy is commonly, and unjustly, associated with weakness, it truthfully represents a willingness to come away from a mindset of rigidity and the denial of the difficulty of living in a world too often filled with chaos and broken dreams.

I can promise you a life of higher awareness about the way you, and those around you, really tick. Together, we can get you on the path to meeting your greatest potential, whether you come individually, as a couple or as a family. Let me help you achieve a life of stability, happiness and fulfillment, no matter what your past or present circumstances within every problem there is an amazing opportunity for growth...take this opportunity and grow with it!!!

 

More Info About My Practice

Started in 1990 and serving Philadelphia and its surrounding areas for 20 years, Jody Miller MFT is the name of my private psychotherapy practice. My Masters Degree is from Hahnemann University where I learned under great experts and innovators in the field of psychotherapy, marriage and family counseling.

After years in clinical directorships at in-patient facilities and treating people in private and community mental health clinics, I decided it was my time to strike out on my own and use my experience to help those seeking treatment and growth in the community at large. My constant goal has been to help those who desire treatment to deal with the circumstances of their lives, to grow within and to share their newfound insight with their families and community.

 

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

NO..given my longevity in the field and the extraordinary education I received at Hahnemann University in the 90's....much more stringent then the train ing for therapists in this era.... i am confident that i am adept at all things that plague all of us as humans!

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Mediation
• Coaching
• Consultation
• Online Counseling / Phone Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Individual,Couples & Family Therapy
Addictions Counseling
Teen Problems
Life Coaching
Career Counseling

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Anger Management
• Authentic Movement
• Bioenergetic Analysis
• Biofeedback / Neurofeedback
• Body Psychotherapy
• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Breathwork
• Clean Language, Symbolic Modeling, & Metaphor Therapy
• Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
• Conflict Resolution Therapy
• Constructivisim
• Contemplative Psychotherapy
• Control Mastery Theory
• Core Process Psychotherapy
• Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
• Depth Therapy
• Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Drama Therapy
• Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Emotion Focused Therapy
• Emotional Freedom Technique
• Emotional Transformation Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Energy Psychology
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
• Family Constellations
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feldenkrais Method
• Focalizing
• Gestalt Therapy
• Guided Therapeutic Imagery
• Healing Touch
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Humanistic Psychology
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Integral Psychotherapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Integrative Body Psychotherapy
• Internal Family Systems
• Interpersonal Neurobiology
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Journal Therapy
• Journey Therapy
• Jungian Psychotherapy
• Lifespan Integration ©†
• Logotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Motivational Enhancement Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• Non-Violent Communication
• Object Relations
• Other - Not Listed Here
• Parent Work
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Play Therapy
• Poetry Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Positive Psychotherapy
• Possibility Therapy
• Pragmatic / Experiential Therapy for Couples
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Psycho-Physical Therapy
• Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
• Psychodrama
• Psychodynamic
• Psychosynthesis
• Reality Therapy
• Regression Therapy
• Relational Psychotherapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Identity Issues
• Attachment
• Reproduction
• Abuse: Emotional, Physical, or Sexual
• Trauma
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Addictions & Compulsions
• Life Changes
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Family Problems
• Social Skills & Problems
• Health & Body
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Emotion Management
• Depression & Mood
• Relationships & Marriage
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Self-Harm & Suicide