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/15ca3377-5058-4c32-97d6-56bbf2cbb3e5/tempImagesRXUK1.jpg Home - Hi, I’m Mia. (she / her) My approach is warm, inviting, direct and attuned. 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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/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://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://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 is a process of mourning and meaning-making. 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 clear choice for me as it centers the socio-political environments of one’s life as integral to all psychological expression. 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 thought (and still mostly do) that the majority of mental health problems arise from living in this world - rife with inequality, isolation, community trauma, and chronic stress. 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/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/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/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/1665516486135-RUBUJL9KSQ8MLRH1N4NK/Flower+Petals+3.png Therapeutic Modalities - 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/1665516486119-0QKB9NGRO3NFJXVYGBL2/Flower+Petals+1.png Therapeutic Modalities - 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/1665516486157-8JTJDTJJ9U7V9STDJ4CK/Flower+Petals+6.png Therapeutic Modalities - Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Approach Paying attention to the sensations of the body, the tides one’s emotions, and the chatter of the ego-mind with compassion and kindness is a powerful healing practice. Mindfulness and compassion focused therapies teach practices that build one’s confidence to both weather the difficult times, and savor the joyful moments of life. These practices allow one to fully feel and release emotions. 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.