About Claudia Miles, MA, MFT
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Claudia Miles, MFT |
Claudia grew up in Los Angeles, and before becoming a therapist worked for nearly a decade in the music and film industries and as a freelance writer and editor. She also spent a number of years as a political activist. Her desire to give something back eventually shifted from politics to something more personal, which is how she ultimately ended up becoming a therapist. She attended UCLA as an undergrad, receiving her B.A. in English literature in 1990. She has found that her background in the arts and love for literature has added an unexpected dimension and depth to her work as a therapist. She enjoys working with artists of various kinds as well as clients who have yet to unleash their creative voice.
Claudia’s approach to her work is grounded in the Existential-Humanistic School of Psychology, though she incorporates elements of mindfulness, psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as cognitive-behavioral techniques and visualization, depending on the client’s needs. Although she sees clients both short- and long-term, Claudia considers longer-term therapy a journey on which clients learn to reconnect reconnect with their authentic selves, and trust their inner voice. Like Jung, she believes that clients, though they may not realize it, have the road map to healing their own psyches within.
Claudia is presently co-teaching a two-quarter graduate level class on Marriage and Family Counseling with her mentor, Gary Hoeber, MFT, at JFK University in Pleasant Hill, in their Holistic Studies Program.