Ms. Carol Miles, MSW, LCSW

(she, her, hers)

EMDR Certified Therapist

EMDR Consultant

EMDR Trainer

Online Therapy

About Me

CAROL MILES MSW, LCSW IS A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SPECIALIZING IN INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY, AND MAINTAINS A PRIVATE PRACTICE IN COVINGTON & NEW ORLEANS, LA. With over 30 years experience as a clinician, and a graduate of LSU School of Social Work specializing in clinical social work, she is currently serving as private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. Among her areas of expertise are working with clients who have eating disorders and trauma. Carol often has presented at state wide conferences and to general audiences on topics ranging from Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), eating disorders, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (DBT Skills) and developing a private practice. Carol is a certified EMDR therapist, an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and EMDRIA Approved Basic Trainer. She also is also an adjunct professor at the Tulane School of Social Work, teaching clinical social work to the next generation of social workers. Treatment Approach Carol is a practical, interactive, solution-focused therapist. Her treatment approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients resolve current problems and long-standing patterns. She draw upon a variety of styles and techniques to incorporate what will be most helpful for each client. With sensitivity and compassion, she works with each client to help them build on their strengths to identify and achieve their life goals. Often the past can effect the present and her expertise in EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) helps the client to achieve a new adaptive way of feeling, acting and being in his or her world today.

Education & Experience

MASTERS IN SOCIAL FROM LSU, 1981

Professional & Volunteer Affiliations

As the past co-coordinator of the EMDR Regional Meetings in Southeast Louisiana, she has helped to bring a higher level of expertise to the region in dealing with trauma. Carol Miles MSW, LCSW LLC also works with EMDRnationally known advanced trainers to come to Louisiana to present on intense work with anger, dissociation, attachment issues and other mental health concerns to develop the skills of the therapists in our communities in this region. As a Basic Trainer of EMDR Therapy, Carol works with The Center for Evidence to Practice with the LSU School of Public Health to teach therapists about this exciting efficient and effective type of psychotherapy. She served as President of the Board of Directors of EMDRIA previously.

Specialty Area

  • Anxiety/Panic Attacks
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Grief/Loss/Mourning
  • Marriage/Relationship Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Phobias
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Traumatic Incident

Population Served

  • Adolescents (13-17)
  • Adults

Language

  • English