https://www.miahoutermans.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-11-21 https://www.miahoutermans.com/home daily 1.0 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516472479-7708MZ7PXHIVN4XFXK1P/Garden+4.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516472494-U9RSHPU9BL5QWTHYC300/brian-mcmahon-unq6MIgW9hU-unsplash.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516472502-P0PPAPSCP3HOO8ECE6MY/phillip-goldsberry-fZuleEfeA1Q-unsplash.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516472509-2SX3AO6TZ8COFWU11AMK/IMG_8329.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/15ca3377-5058-4c32-97d6-56bbf2cbb3e5/tempImagesRXUK1.jpg Home - Hi, I’m Mia. (she / her) My approach is warm, inviting, direct and attuned. I meet my clients with interest, non-judgment, and respect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/3f8ac48e-5eb7-48b8-8611-da3168f8c333/IMG_9490.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.miahoutermans.com/about-old daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/7001ee08-dcb5-42cc-89ed-8db5a558a34b/IMG_5941.jpeg Meet Mia old - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/c3e7ec5a-1143-448b-9982-fb136d92213e/IMG_0165.jpeg Meet Mia old - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/2dacff0d-90e2-48e9-9a18-4fdc80683d89/IMG_6865.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/5a8b75a2-7eee-4c88-b4c5-177451235b96/IMG_2971.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/3f3e7268-a5a5-4fa1-8da7-b6b1f9040093/IMG_0066.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1438df6f-0875-45ba-81ed-437db5ca70c3/IMG_7877.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/2b2b49f9-52fe-4b71-b4c1-71ca093bcf17/IMG_5587.JPG Meet Mia old - Final Curve When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left. – Langston Hughes https://www.miahoutermans.com/therapy daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://www.miahoutermans.com/how-i-work daily 0.75 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486119-0QKB9NGRO3NFJXVYGBL2/Flower+Petals+1.png How I Work - OLD - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) CBT is a form of psychotherapy that attends to the ways thoughts and behaviors impact emotions - a relationship that is referred to as the “cognitive triangle.” This active and practical therapy is highly effective in shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486135-RUBUJL9KSQ8MLRH1N4NK/Flower+Petals+3.png How I Work - OLD - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) DBT and ACT are “third wave” CBT therapies. Whereas CBT focuses on changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors, DBT and ACT focus on shifting an individual’s relationship to uncomfortable internal experiences. Mindfulness practices are key components of both DBT and ACT. DBT skills are incredibly effective for emotion regulation. ACT interventions tend to reduce one’s experience of suffering and support movement towards more meaningful and value-driven lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486157-8JTJDTJJ9U7V9STDJ4CK/Flower+Petals+6.png How I Work - OLD - Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Approach Mia Houtermans teaches mindfulness of emotions - learning to fully feel your emotions while also witnessing this process with compassion and gentle acceptance. This sweet, and intense work flows from her years of vipassana meditation pracitce, and her application of compassion focused mindfulness practices in the clinical space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486172-LLWMDAF3SRTP3V24N0PY/Flower+Petals+4.png How I Work - OLD - Cognitive Processing therapy (CPT) CPT is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that helps clients to stop avoidng trauma related thoughts and emotions. This brief and systemic treatment supports patients in shifting core beliefs (about the world, and about themselves) that rigidly endure following traumatic experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486188-QBNI4Y5FEVT2F6J2697I/Flower+Petals+5.png How I Work - OLD - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR is a form of psychotherapy that can help people recover from trauma, and other emotional difficulties, including anxiety, depression, and panic disorder. EMDR supports the release of trauma from the body through somatic awareness, which leads to changes in cognition. https://www.miahoutermans.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516489400-ZJ1W5O0POFG0D5BFBJ00/Mia+Houtermans+Drawing.jpg Contact - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.miahoutermans.com/about daily 0.75 2022-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/7001ee08-dcb5-42cc-89ed-8db5a558a34b/IMG_5941.jpeg Meet Mia I am driven by a profound sense that individual care and community care are interwoven, and that healing involves mourning and meaning-making, while expanding our capacity for connection, pleasure, & aliveness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/c3e7ec5a-1143-448b-9982-fb136d92213e/IMG_0165.jpeg Meet Mia - My background Before I became a therapist, I explored different passions: political activism, cultural anthropology, public health research, and studying herbal medicine as part of my own healing work. In the past, I actually never really believed in therapy. I was skeptical of approaches that located emotional suffering solely within the individual, without considering the world in which we live—a world shaped by inequality, isolation, community trauma, and chronic stress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/dff22de5-a090-4478-950e-af0fed733e77/IMG_9877.jpeg Meet Mia - When I look back on my path now, I laugh at the recognition that despite my cynicism about therapy - I kind of always was a therapist. I was that friend, family member, and colleague that people came to for support. Connecting with others on an emotional level, and wading into the difficult parts of life has always been what makes me feel alive and present. I began to find my professional home when I started volunteering as a community grief support facilitator at an organization serving children and families. This work fed my soul, and I wanted to learn more. So I returned to school to study social work—a natural fit for me because it places our emotional lives within the larger context of our relationships, communities, cultures, and the world around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/3f3e7268-a5a5-4fa1-8da7-b6b1f9040093/IMG_0066.JPG Meet Mia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/5a8b75a2-7eee-4c88-b4c5-177451235b96/IMG_2971.jpeg Meet Mia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/4fb9ce61-30b3-4032-8fe7-a4e78ecd645c/IMG_7877.jpeg Meet Mia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/2b2b49f9-52fe-4b71-b4c1-71ca093bcf17/IMG_5587.JPG Meet Mia Final Curve When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left. – Langston Hughes https://www.miahoutermans.com/treatment-approach daily 0.75 2022-11-22 https://www.miahoutermans.com/therapeutic-modalities daily 0.75 2022-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486119-0QKB9NGRO3NFJXVYGBL2/Flower+Petals+1.png Therapeutic Modalities - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) CBT explores the relationship between our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and how each can influence the others. It is an active and practical approach that can help us recognize unhelpful patterns and experiment with new ways of thinking and responding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486135-RUBUJL9KSQ8MLRH1N4NK/Flower+Petals+3.png Therapeutic Modalities - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) DBT and ACT are often described as “third wave” behavioral therapies. Rather than focusing only on changing thoughts and behaviors, both approaches also emphasize changing how we relate to difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Mindfulness is central to both approaches. DBT offers practical skills for navigating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and responding effectively, while ACT emphasizes making space for difficult experiences while moving toward what matters and living in greater alignment with your values. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486157-8JTJDTJJ9U7V9STDJ4CK/Flower+Petals+6.png Therapeutic Modalities - Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Approach Paying attention to the sensations of the body, the tides of our emotions, and the chatter of the mind with compassion and kindness can be a powerful healing practice. Mindfulness and compassion- focused approaches cultivate our capacity to weather difficult times and savor the joyful moments of life. These practices can help us make space for our emotions and meet our experience with greater awareness and self-compassion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486172-LLWMDAF3SRTP3V24N0PY/Flower+Petals+4.png Therapeutic Modalities - Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) CPT is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that helps clients to stop avoidng trauma related thoughts and emotions. This brief and systemic treatment supports patients in shifting core beliefs (about the world, and about themselves) that rigidly endure following traumatic experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/1665516486188-QBNI4Y5FEVT2F6J2697I/Flower+Petals+5.png Therapeutic Modalities - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR is a form of psychotherapy that can help people recover from trauma, and other emotional difficulties, including anxiety, depression, and panic disorder. EMDR supports the release of trauma from the body through somatic awareness, which leads to changes in cognition. https://www.miahoutermans.com/specialites daily 0.75 2022-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/fefe18db-10ff-48c0-ad51-1c099abdd4a1/louis-galvez-I8gQVrDcXzY-unsplash.jpg Specialites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/73732ce7-c541-40c9-9274-f51d5899a2be/aubree-herrick-8EvTOb0aCXM-unsplash.jpg Specialites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/f0c298e0-1e26-4767-8cb8-80299d54d34f/matteo-vistocco-CYN6x1FyPWs-unsplash.jpg Specialites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/7bef3fab-99b4-46a0-a273-446cab7c29da/bady-abbas-N-VEeMnm7gE-unsplash.jpg Specialites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6345c3b6c30a6f022c194ffe/99c4bf3b-7506-4e0b-b731-8f3983c09785/adrien-king-XzBluXxBoyQ-unsplash.jpg Specialites - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.