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Sara Miller, LPCC
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Sara Miller, LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Chicago, IL

About

As featured in Forbes, Fatherly, The Knot, Everyday Health, and AskMen!
Sara received her Master’s of Science (MS) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of North Texas at Dallas and completed the last year of her degree at Johns Hopkins University. She is licensed in the state of Illinois as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and specializes in helping relationships. She is an active member of the Illinois Mental Health Counseling Association (IMHCA) and the Illinois Counseling Association (ICA).
Experience:
Sara has prior therapy experience in Texas and Maryland, where she worked in various community mental health clinics serving every background and presenting issue. After moving to Illinois, Sara worked for private practices in Chicago, serving mostly couples and relationships before starting her own clinic. She has completed Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
Her Approach:
Utilizing eclectic approaches including evidenced-based Gottman techniques and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) concepts, Sara helps relationships by fostering communication, managing conflict, and rebuilding the foundations of friendship that are vital to the success of any union. She will meet the needs of the couple/relationship by employing any necessary theoretical techniques or approaches to help clients reach their goals. Sara sees both traditional and non-traditional relationships.
Sara’s philosophy in therapy is that she believes humility and authenticity are at the core of life successes and encourages clients to challenge their perspective while reaching for a higher level of existence. Sara is inclusive to all human beings regardless of who they are, or what they are going through, and approaches all presenting life situations with an open mind.
Media:
Sara was interviewed and featured in articles by: Forbes Health, The Knot, and Fatherly!
Sara Miller is also listed in Best Marriage Therapists in Chicago

Licensing & Certifications:

  • Licensed
  • License State: Illinois
  • License Number: 180.013128, received 2016
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1, Level 2, Level 3

Specialities:

  • Attachment
  • Blended Families
  • Blended Family
  • Breakup
  • Codependency Relationships
  • Commitment Issues
  • Communication
  • Control
  • Divorce
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Family Conflict
  • Fertility
  • Forgiveness
  • Gender & sexual identity
  • General marriage
  • Grief
  • Guilt
  • Identity
  • Inadequacy
  • Infertility
  • Infidelity
  • Intimacy
  • Isolation
  • Jealousy
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Marriage
  • Men Issues
  • Midlife Crisis
  • Money And Finance
  • Narcissistic Personality
  • Polyamory
  • Power
  • Pre-marriage
  • Pregnancy
  • Rejection
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sensitivity To Criticism
  • Separation
  • Sex
  • Sexuality
  • Shame
  • Stress Management
  • Trust

Types of Therapy:

  • Family Therapy
  • Couples Therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Eclectic Therapy
  • Marriage And Family Therapy
  • Strength Based Therapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Emotional Abuse Therapy

Services Provided Via:

  • Internet meeting

Works With:

  • Couples

Working With Marriages for:

  • 9 Year(s)

Free Phone Consultations?

  • Yes

Hourly Fees Range:

  • $150 - $200

Language(s) Spoken:

  • English

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Office Location

661 W Lake St Suite 2S,
Chicago IllinoisUnited States 60661