Olena S. Miller, Therapist

07/27/2025

Out of the office until last week of August! We will respond to all messages upon return.

07/08/2025

You will be okay no matter what.

06/04/2025

Traits associated with ADHD may have once been adaptive responses to environmental challenges.

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05/31/2025

You are not broken. You are surviving. And healing is possible.

05/22/2025

🌀 You are allowed to take up space.

Your needs matter.
Your story matters.
You don’t need to shrink yourself to be accepted.
You don’t need to make yourself small.

You’re allowed to be here and take up space.

💛

05/04/2025

New CE Opportunity for Mental Health Professionals!

Join us for a live 2.0 CE hour webinar: “ADHD: Overview of Treatment”
📅 Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT)
📍 Location: Live Zoom Webinar

Use code: BEFREE20ADHD to get $20 off the course!

This seminar will delve into the latest research and theories surrounding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in both children and adults. We’ll explore treatment strategies and symptom management through a cognitive-behavioral lens.

Instructor:

👨‍🏫 Leo DeBroeck, MS, LMHC, CMHS, MHP
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington State
• Child Mental Health Specialist
• CBT Plus Certified
• Published researcher on suicidality in young adults
• Author of therapeutic children’s books

Accreditations:
✅ Approved Continuing Education Provider by NBCC (ACEP No. 7344)
✅ Approved by NASW Washington State Chapter
✅ Approved by Oklahoma State Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (Provider #20230154)

Registration:
🔗 Register Now (https://www.counselorschoiceaward.com/events)

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding and treatment of ADHD. Secure your spot today!

04/29/2025

Hey.. no one is mad at you. It’s just an echo from how you grew up.

04/11/2025

Give yourself grace.

03/24/2025

Even if your voice is rusty
Even if it shakes when you use it
Even if you’ve been silenced before
I want you to know that your voice matters
And if it doesn’t seem to matter to anyone else, it matters to me.

02/16/2025

Contact us or schedule an appointment on our website!

10/24/2024

When it comes to trauma, survivors often get stuck in the past. We freeze in time, unable to move forward. We revert back to what we know best. Unable to stop repeating patterns, we try to push the memories away, repressing them. But this repression only adds to being stuck, frozen in time.

Trauma stops us from living in the present moment. Triggers, to our bodies, feel like the trauma is happening all over again. Your system can’t tell the difference between then and now or this person versus that person. Where the feeling is the same - the brain perceives it as the same - and thus reacts in the same way as if the trauma is happening all over again.

Therapy can help you live your life in the present moment, free of the past. 💚

10/21/2024

I will let you in on a little secret: I do it scared all the time. The key is to not let it stop you.

It’s okay to be scared. You don’t have to feel confident to make a move. You just have to take that leap, even if your heart races and your hands shake. The growth is just beyond that fear.