A river winding through a Colorado mountain valley at golden hour

Durango, Colorado  ·  in person & by video

Therapy that feels like a conversation, not an evaluation.

I'm Jodie Miller. I work with adults who want something to change and haven't found the way in yet. Warm and straightforward on the surface, evidence-based underneath.

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How I work

The story in your head was mostly written by other people

A mentor told me once that we've built the narrative we live by around the age of ten. It comes from parents and caregivers, from teachers, from the kids we grew up around. A lot of it is negative, and almost none of it started with us.

Then we spend our adult lives treating it as fact. The work is learning to catch those thoughts as they happen, hold them up to the light, and tell the difference between what you were told about yourself and what's actually true. When that starts to shift, people stop assuming they're limited and start noticing what they can genuinely do.

That's the deep end of it. I also do a lot of straightforward skill-building — managing anxiety, working through depression, putting structure around a week that keeps falling apart. More about how I actually run a session.

Pine and aspen forest in soft morning fog

What I hear most often is some version of “you're here with me” — and that's the part I care about getting right.

Jodie Miller, LCSW, LAC

Smooth river stones along the water's edge
Photograph of Jodie to be added here.

About Jodie

I didn't start out doing this

I managed retail stores. Then I stayed home with my kids. When my youngest started kindergarten I asked myself what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and went back to school.

I say this because it matters: you can change direction at any point in your life. I did it in my thirties with three kids at home.

MSW, University of Denver B.A. Psychology & Sociology, Fort Lewis LCSW & LAC, Colorado

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Reaching out is usually the hardest part

Call, email, or send a message — whichever one you'll actually do today.

In an emergency, call 911. For mental health crisis support, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or reach Colorado Crisis Services at 844-493-8255 or by texting TALK to 38255. This website is not monitored for emergencies.