Lisa Miller, Psychotherapist in Los Gatos, 95032

Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT, Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy

Profession(s):
Psychotherapy, Marriage & Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
LMFT - 43725

My Approach to Helping

I specialize in helping people heal depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and relationship problems using a mind/body approach. Increase your mental clarity, inner calm, emotional equanimity, and resilience. These qualities decrease mental and emotional distress, stress-related physical/emotional symptoms, and relational problems. I also offer skills that help those with chronic pain or chronic illness lessen their suffering.

Mindfulness-based psychotherapy emphasizes relieving suffering through the cultivation of three main areas of human development: 1) insight or wisdom, 2) skillful behavior, and 3) loving-kindness and compassion for self and others. Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy is an evidence-based treatment for depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders.

When we can be with things as they truly are without habitual negativity, creative problem solving and skillful responses arise naturally. Mindfulness, compassion, and acceptance are the core of a life lived with enthusiasm and joy and the path to returning yourself to wellness. The internal narratives most people tell themselves about themselves are stories of self-loathing, self-judgment, self-blame, and self-doubt. In all cases these negative narratives are untrue. The real story of you is one of self-efficacy, lovableness, acceptance, and generosity. Our work will allow you to directly experience the distressful contents of mind, and open to your innate radiant, clear, joyful, and unperturbed mind.

I often work with professionals in high-stress careers, couples in distress, adolescents (particularly depressed, anxious, or stressed teens) and with adults who struggle with emotion dysregulation. Additionally, I am an outpatient clinician for the Veterans Administration San Jose/Palo Alto.

I train clinicians in mindfulness psychotherapy and present at clinical conferences on the use of mindfulness in psychotherapy. I am a teacher of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for addiction, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for depression relapse prevention, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

I have been a yogic and Buddhist meditation practitioner for more than 35 years.