Annie Armstrong Miyao
Annie is an author, licensed psychotherapist, consultant, and mother.
Before becoming a licensed psychotherapist, she spent 15 years working in the theatre and film industries. Through this experience, she developed a strong sense of empathy, openness, and creativity. Her years in the creative arts was a schooling in the ways people express their emotions and define themselves. It was an in depth exploration of the patterns that play out across the collective experience of being human.
Annie always wanted to be of service, to help people tell their stories, and to share in the exploration of ways in which others experience life. As a therapist, her lifelong passion for hearing peoples’ stories was married with her desire to help people find more peace, meaning, and reflect on their innermost thoughts, feelings, and potentials.
She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Trinity College in Theater and Dance and her Masters Degree from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology.
Art by Jane Fisher
Approach
Through a holistic approach that includes a creative exploration of the patient’s life experience, Annie combines her training in depth psychology— uncovering unconscious drives and patterns —with practical approaches developed from mindfulness, somatic theories, positive psychology, and neuroscience.
She orients towards the basic, healing nature of the relationship between the therapist and patient. She works collaboratively with the patient gaining insight, developing appropriate stress tolerance, and nurturing positive experiences both inner and intra personally.
She helps patients tap into undiscovered potential, create positive change, and work through a myriad of issues.
She has specialized training in depth psychology, psychodynamic theory, interpersonal neurobiology, somatic experience, Jungian analytical psychology, dream minding, and mindfulness.
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