Hi, I'm Keith. I'm a licensed therapist in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Florida. I believe that in life, we have two choices: to live like or unlike the person we want to be. Sometimes we find ourselves at a point in life where it doesn’t feel like how we want to be living. Maybe you feel overwhelmed by difficult emotions, anxiety, or depression. Perhaps you’ve got lots of negative, self-critical, or racing thoughts. It could be that there's aspects of your relationships that you're unhappy with. Life responsibilities like work or achool might be stressful or unfulfilling. Perhaps you're struggling with your identity or the heavy weight of what’s happening in the world and our country. Whatever the case may be, I'm here to help you find balance and work towards living a life that looks more like the one you want to have. Together, we will identify the issues you're facing, explore and treat them with compassion, and find ways to address them. I will use my warmth, empathy, unconditional positive regard, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches to help you live a life thats feels more worthwhile. I will support you to make positive choices, grow, and find ways to cope. I aim to affirm, support, empower, and advocate for queer people, trans people, women, people of color, and adults of all ages and abilities. If you are looking for a safe therapist to be yourself with, I'd love to work with you.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Our first session will involve exploring what brings you to into therapy. Try your best to show up with an open-mind and be willing to expand upon what's going on in your life right now that lead you to make the choice to be here. We will aim to come to a mutual understanding of what your goals are by the end of our first time meeting!
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My strength as a therapist is my humanness and my acceptance skills. I do not assume I have more power than you, but rather I wish to empower you. You are the master of your life. You know you better than anybody else could ever expect to. I am not here to judge you, assume I know what's best for you, give you unsolicited advice, or tell you what you need to "fix." Instead I work together with my clients to meet you where you're at, understand your perspective, and offer support as a companion.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I have worked most frequently with individuals of the LGBTQ+ community and have experience working with adults of all identities and backgrounds in better managing stress, anxiety and depression.
About Keith Miles
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Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I have seen ACT help people create a new relationship with their thoughts and emotions and start pursuing a more authentic life. Most often, the core of our struggles with mental health involve negative thoughts and distressful emotions. ACT is all about learning how to more effectively live with our inner experiences, and despite the fact that life can get hard--try to show up for ourselves everyday by making choices that move us closer to the person we want to be. ACT is all about both "accepting" your inner experiences, and "committing" to living a life that's rooted in your values, morals, beliefs, and principals to create a sense of greater life satisfaction even on your tough days.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness is the practice of being in the "here-and-now." It involves heightening our awareness of what we are thinking, feeling, sensing with our bodies, and doing on a behavioral level at any given moment. Often we get "disconnected" from our inner experiences, our bodies, our present reality when we're facing anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges. Mindfulness can be helpful in treating anxiety and depression, for example, since anxiety is most often us stuck in the future and depression is us stuck in the past.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is among the most popular and "evidence-based" approaches to psychotherapy. It's been shown to have a positive effect in treating just about any mental health concern out there. CBT is all about deepening your understanding of how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected. For example - if we think to ourselves, "life will never get better," chances are we might start to feel hopeless and behaviorally we might give up on our lives and shut down. CBT is all about recognizing that we do have a level of control over the way we think and the actions we take. If we can strive towards thinking in more helpful, rational, compassionate ways and making behavioral choices that serve our best interests, there tends to be a positive impact on our emotional experiences!