About
My name is Lauren Miller (they/them).
I approach our work together with humility, integrity and curiosity. I am often genuine, expressive, and thoughtful in sessions. For more information on how I have been trained and approach our work together see here.
I have been working in the field of trauma informed mental health care for 14 years and have been facilitating somatic focused sessions in a private practice setting for 11 years. Previously, I have been a community organizer, residential crisis manager, mental health client advocate, Harm Reduction outreach volunteer, professional and community herbalist, and antiquarian bookseller.
I am a white, elder millenial originally from Central Appalachia and have lived in New York City and Southern Appalachia. While I consider myself a lifelong Appalachian, I am trying my hand at Portland Oregon while I study community acupuncture and offer consistent spiritual support inside of a local women’s prison.
I am a queer, gender-moody demi-dyke. I am chronically earnest, chronically ill, able bodied, and neurodivergent. I live with complex trauma and have survived a natural disaster. I am deeply committed to radicalized ways of living out social justice. I am skeptical of systems of power, but not of people. I like intense conversations, emotional honesty, occasional frivolity, and time spent in deep nature or on a dance floor. I am not on social media and consider it be an important part of how I stay present and how I stay soft.