Mr.Edwin Miller, LPC, LADC, EMDR, EFT

Mr.Edwin Miller, LPC, LADC, EMDR, EFT

I understand therapy as work that a client undertakes with a guide or therapist to describe and name the forms or ways in which they experience the brokenness in life and to discover means to mend or heal the disruption or illness. This work involves some of the following: Looking at current events in life; Telling the history of family events; Noting interactions that are frustrating or unfulfilling; Discovering unresolved past issues; Examining the way in which interactions work; Sorting out responsibilities; Learning to tell one’s own life story in one’s own voice; Exploring alternative actions for the present and future; Establishing goals for change.

I see the role of the guide or therapist as one who observes, questions, offers alternatives, and guides exploration. The work is the work of the client who decides the goals, the limits, the duration, and the depth of the work to be accomplished. The client is the expert on the client’s life; the counselor guides the therapeutic process.

The struggle to make wise use of resources, particularly of time and money, is part of the healing and growth implicit in doing therapeutic work; therefore, agreements between client and therapist are an integral part of this work.

Each person works and processes new learning at a pace unique to that person; while weekly sessions are common, another frequency may be more beneficial to a particular person. Likewise, some work well within a 50-minute time frame, others find a 75-minute session more useful. A schedule of sessions will be agreed upon by the client and the therapist, including the length of the scheduled session; payment will be due for all scheduled sessions. The schedule will be renegotiated as required to meet the needs of the client’s progress in therapy.

My professional credentials: I have been ordained as a pastor in the Episcopal Church since 1968 and have been engaged specifically in therapy since 1984. I have earned the degrees of Master of Divinity and Master of Human Relations, and have completed advanced training in Spiritual Direction, Psychosynthesis, in NeuroLinguistic Programming, in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, in Emotional Freedom Technique, in Image Transformation Therapy and in the healing of traumatic distress. I am licensed to practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor #1424 and as a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist #714 by the Oklahoma State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure. I am also licensed to practice as a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor; license number 96.