About Jill E. Millea, MA, NCC, LPC, CPDT

I am a welcoming counselor, licensed in state of Connecticut, as well as a certified life coach and certified professional development trainer. I am located in Norwich.  I serve the Southeastern Connecticut area and I am willing to work with preferred modes of communication, teletherapy is available in office times and nationally.

I specialize in individual therapy for adults in every life stage bringing expertise and understanding for the issues and challenges faced in early adulthood through old age. My professional approach is person centered, egalitarian, trauma informed and recovery oriented. I use a wide variety of models of treatment including cognitive and rational emotive behavior therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, existential and feminist therapies as well as humanistic and integrative models of care. Together, we utilize the most effective treatment practices for you based on your personality style and treatment goals.

With over 25 years of experience as a therapist, my expertise includes anxiety reduction, depression and anger management. I also work extensively with people in recovery from substance and behavioral addictions as well as clients dealing with life transitions, stress management, aging grief and loss, and gender identity issues. For those people interested in exploring their spirituality, I bring to our conversation a vocabulary of meaning based on a life time of conversations and a B.S. in Religious Studies.

My goal for every client Is to provide a therapeutic connection that is healthy, creative, energy releasing and empowering.

Most insurances accepted. Fee for service available.

I am a welcoming counselor defined:
A welcoming individual, community or organization is one that celebrates diversity while employing foundational values such as the right to self-determination as well committment to personal responsibility.

For Women

Women centered therapy takes into account the present stressors and historical expectations of women of all backgrounds and cultures both as individuals and within her family and greater community.  Women centered therapy is nonpathologizing, emphasizes empowerment and collaboration.  Women centered therapy focuses on the nature and quality of the therapeutic relationship to learn new beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that are more fitting to personal empowerment within all life spheres. This includes, but is not limited to, the personal and family, the social and political as well as work life balance.

For Men

Currently, there is a large spectrum of what masculinity is, what being a man means. This spectrum has brought new freedom as well as new, sometimes unbidden, responsibilities. As one writer puts it, “men are not the new women; they are the new everything.” What does that mean for you, the reader? Many men come to therapy with beliefs and attitudes still deeply rooted in the pressures men feel to live up to a masculine image or role that has dictated men should not show weakness, pain, or emotional struggle. As a result of these beliefs and the modern conflicts of what it means to take on these new roles and responsibilities, some men medicate emotional, psychological and physical pain through abuse of alcohol, drugs, violence and other risky behaviors. Furthermore, as men have traditionally developed relationships through action oriented activities, as opposed to women who may well develop relationship through disclosure of personal information, the idea of engaging in a sit down, talk together therapeutic relationship is perhaps not only foreign but deeply uncomfortable.

In response, I work to ensure your physical and emotional safety. I make tasks clear and maintain appropriate boundaries. I emphasize your choice and personal control throughout therapy. We collaborate to determine the skill building best suited to your needs and goals. We work to resolve the complex and learn to live with imperfection.

Lastly, for some men, the path to manhood has been paved by emotional trauma. Men suffer emotional and physical abuse in silence and often suffer alone with the experience and memories of abuse. Many have noted that they can find no way to live with the truth of having been a victim and still see themselves as men. Thus men may find themselves identifying with their abuser as a means of reclaiming personal power and attempting to secure safety. In therapy, regardless of the forces that have moved you toward this experience, we will face your history and focus on your assets, increase your sense of self worth and competence, celebrate your personal growth and work respectfully with the difficulties inherent in change.

To set up your free 15 minute consultation, 860-215-6648 or email jillemillea@gmail.com.

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