Miki Beach (she/her) is a staff counselor at Counseling and Psychiatry Services (CAPS) and a Rostered Psychotherapist in Vermont. She is currently working towards licensure as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. Her previous clinical experience involved supporting children, adolescents, young adults, and families as a school services clinician at both a high school and an elementary school and as a social work intern in both inpatient and outpatient pediatric healthcare settings. Miki strives to provide a welcoming, affirming, and safe space for people of all identities and invites honest feedback to increase the collaborative nature of the counseling partnership. Practicing from a foundation of critical theories and social constructionism, Miki supports students in exploring the impact of culture and environment on their mental health, inclusive of broader systems of structural oppression and white supremacy culture. She encourages self-compassion, mindfulness and intentionality, learning to set healthy interpersonal boundaries, and re-discovering the joy of play and creative expression. She envisions the therapeutic relationship as a facilitator for experiences of connection, personal growth, and healing through mental health counseling.

Miki’s clinical interests include anxiety and depression, life transitions, relationship dynamics, family systems, interpersonal violence, trauma healing, grief and loss, identity exploration, academic and career concerns, perfectionism, disordered eating, and supporting individuals previously diagnosed with ADHD or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with executive functioning, sensory support, and social communications.