Dr. Laurie Miles, LCSW

Licensed in Tennessee · 30 years in practice

Dr. Laurie Miles is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Tennessee: 1043 · expires September 2026
LCSW, Kentucky: 252548 · expires April 2026
NPI: 1033164983 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

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About Laurie

Dr. Laurie Miles is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three decades of experience. She focuses on practical, goal-focused care for people dealing with addiction, trauma, relationship problems, depression, and intimacy concerns.

Sessions move at a clear pace with concrete steps so clients leave with tools they can use right away. Her approach blends acceptance and commitment strategies with attachment-focused work and client-centered listening. She aims to help clients understand how early relationships shape current patterns.

Background and approach

That helps when addressing family of origin issues, infidelity, and attachment wounds. Dr. Miles also draws on cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior methods to manage mood symptoms, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and compulsive behaviors.

These methods provide straightforward skills for handling urges, intense emotions, and unhelpful thought patterns. The work often includes setting observable goals and tracking small changes over time. Her practice includes focused support for people facing process addictions such as porn, exercise, or gambling, as well as drug and alcohol problems.

She addresses intimacy-related issues, BDSM and kink topics, codependency, and compassion fatigue with direct, respectful conversation. Many clients come for help after partner betrayal or other relationship ruptures. Sessions are offered by video or phone and are structured to fit a client's life.

Dr. Miles emphasizes collaboration and clear next steps so people can see progress and build routines that support recovery and healthier relationships.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Laurie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Intimacy-related issues
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Codependency
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family of origin issues
Infidelity
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Sex addiction

Approaches Laurie names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches used in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them control behavior. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking small committed actions that align with those values, often useful for depression, avoidance, and addictive patterns.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current ones and helps clients build new ways of relating. This approach is commonly used for attachment issues, intimacy problems, family of origin concerns, and relationship repairs after betrayal.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then suggest methods that fit those needs. Plans can be adjusted over time as progress is tracked and priorities shift.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people send quick updates or check progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this practice address?

The practice addresses addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, depression, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, infidelity, and process or sex-related addictions.

What is the therapy style like in sessions?

Therapy is directive and goal-focused with practical steps and concrete goals. The work combines client-centered listening with skills from cognitive behavioral and dialectical approaches.

How much clinical experience does the therapist have?

Dr. Laurie Miles brings 30 years of clinical experience working with individuals on addiction, trauma, and relationship concerns.

Where is the therapist licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licenses in Tennessee and Kentucky and practices from Tennessee.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are costs and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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