Janice Miles, LMFT

Janice Miles is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 14 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting struggles. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, sexual concerns, and major life changes.

Her style is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals, real-life tools, and steps clients can try between meetings. Janice draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused techniques to break problems into manageable parts and test what works.

She has worked across a range of settings including in-home, inpatient, and outpatient care. That variety shaped a flexible approach that fits different schedules and life demands. Janice emphasizes understanding family influences and patterns to make sense of current concerns.

Sexuality, kink and non-traditional relationship styles are part of her practice, and she addresses related issues like sexual dysfunction, sexual assault and abuse, and sex addiction with attention and respect. She also helps people navigating polyamory, communication problems, and family-of-origin wounds.

Janice holds a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Masters of Education in Human Sexuality. She practices in Massachusetts and works in English. Her sessions combine practical exercises, focused conversation, and collaborative planning so clients can move toward clearer choices and greater wellbeing.

How Janice uses evidence-based approaches online

Janice commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy to address emotional and behavioral concerns. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and relationship distress. Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on processing traumatic memories and reducing their impact on daily life through paced, supportive work.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Janice will work together with each client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She tailors exercises and pacing so the plan grows out of what the client finds useful, not a one-size-fits-all script.

Online sessions come in several practical formats: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat allow quick exchanges, homework review, and flexible check-ins between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep work progressing even when schedules change.