Online and In-Person Therapy — Lincolnwood and Glenview, Illinois
Online and In-Person Therapy — Lincolnwood and Glenview, Illinois
Dr. Miller is a clinical psychologist located in the Chicago North Suburban area who specializes in therapy for teens and adults, as well as comprehensive neuropsychological assessments. She is also licensed to provide teletherapy throughout the United States. Dr. Miller is dedicated to helping clients create meaningful and lasting improvements to their lives. With advanced doctoral training and more than 15 years of clinical experience, Dr. Miller provides high-quality, individualized treatment grounded in warmth, sensitivity, respect for family and cultural values, and the latest scientific research. She offers both virtual sessions and in-person appointments at her Lincolnwood, Illinois office.
Dr. Miller’s clinical expertise includes the treatment of anxiety, depression, family conflict, and complex relational challenges. She also has specialized experience in social anxiety, interpersonal effectiveness, parent–child relationship concerns, grief and loss, and major life transitions.
As member of PSYPACT, an inter-jurisdictional cooperative, Dr. Miller is authorized to provide teletherapy not only in Illinois but also in 43 additional states. She is dual-licensed as both a Clinical Psychologist and a School Psychologist, which enables her to provide consultation for educators and parents, as well as educational advocacy. With Dr. Miller’s specialized guidance, clients are empowered to experience meaningful growth, increased resilience, and a renewed capacity to thrive.
Dr. Miller’s mission is to facilitate good health overall. She works to thoroughly understand the client’s emotional and health issues, personal and family background, and individual goals for therapy. She uses evidence-based treatment interventions that have been scientifically proven to provide consistent, lasting recovery.
Dr. Miller’s goal is paradoxical: to empower the client to consistently be able to cope with a wide variety of challenges, and then to make her services no longer needed as the client gains skills over time. Becoming obsolete is the sign of success – for the therapist and client alike.
“I recognize that it can takes a lot of courage for many people to reach out to seek help. I respect each person and their personal journey that leads them to seek my support and assistance. I tailor my interventions to the goals, challenges, culture, age, developmental level, personality and interests of each patient.”
“I take a non-judgmental approach to people, which enables my patients to trust me with their deepest experiences. Therapeutic bonds form easily and naturally, and we are able to explore many areas of a person’s past and present. We work on getting to the root of dysfunctional behavior, and I am able to assist in propelling individuals to move forward to achieving their therapeutic goals and ambitions in life.”
“I take a positive therapeutic attitude, emphasizing strengths over weaknesses. Through my experiences within both the educational and clinical practice environment, I am able to help individuals navigate their educational systems and find unique solutions to create success in a full range of settings.”
Dr. Miller’s approach to therapy is integrative, drawing on elements of many different types of therapies. She respects the cultural backgrounds of her diverse clientele, and matches interventions to address the unique needs and background of each client and/or family system. Dr. Miller takes a holistic approach to body, mind and spirit, recognizing the integral link between all three. She integrates each client’s cultural background and religious belief system into treatment. Dr. Miller fosters the creation of a warm and supportive environment, in which clients are able to explore, learn and understand, while simultaneously achieving their goals.
Dr. Miller has the sensitivity and experience needed to provide compassionate, non-judgmental support as well as effective therapeutic interventions. She has helped parents understand how their own childhood experiences impact their parenting, and what they need to do in order to support the development of their children. In her capacity as a school psychologist, Dr. Miller has worked with children ages 3-21, and integrates those developmental insights as she works with parents and children.
Integrative Behavior Solutions integrates a variety of therapeutic tools, including CBT, DBT and EMDR. These can help to reduce depression and anxiety and rebuild self-esteem and resiliency.
Dr. Miller works with mothers having difficulty adjusting to the various stages of their children’s development. She promotes healthy and secure attachments, which build parent-child relationships as well as develop stronger and more resilient children.
Dr. Miller is trained as a mediator from The Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago and at times uses these skills to help improve strained parent-child relationships. When needed, Dr. Miller works with parents on enhancing their skills in order to re-align their parent-child relationships.
Dr. Miller specializes in working with those who are gifted yet suffer from performance anxiety, social anxiety and depression. She has had much success working with individuals with a diagnosis of high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (formerly Asperger’s). She addresses Ambiguous and Disenfranchised Loss while working with those who don’t feel that they have the right to grieve.
Dr. Miller specializes in working with faith-based communities, as she relates to the values that these families promote. She is President of Nefesh Chicago, a professional’s organization that focuses on education and prevention regarding mental health. She is committed to improving mental health on the individual and community level. She is active in developing cutting-edge, preventive education for teens and adults alike. She has collaborated with several local and international organizations to enhance mental health.