Kristi Miller, LMFT

For over two decades, my passion has been helping families create solutions so they may enjoy more connected and loving relationships. I founded Solutions in Parenting, a private practice specializing in parent education, family consultation, co-parenting mediation, and psychotherapy.

I have combined skills and experience gained as a parent educator, lecturer, family mediator, and psychotherapist to develop a highly effective parenting system that teaches parents, children, and families to thrive in respectful and loving relationships.

I authored a book, Establishing Boundaries with Kids; A parent’s guide to negotiating limits and improving parent-child interactions, which is written for families, teachers, medical professionals, and mental health professionals to use as a reference guide for using positive parenting techniques with children.

I am trained as a trauma-informed EMDR clinician and I have extensive experience as a co-parenting mediator and support families who are separating and divorcing, with individualized guidance and parenting plans to include in dissolution agreements. I also provide expert guidance when blending families, navigating school challenges, and providing developmentally appropriate parenting guidance.

In my couples and individual work, I also support clients addressing challenges related to sexual desire, dysfunction and compatibility. I am the Past President of the Santa Barbara chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and I served on the Legislative Advisory Committee for the state board of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

I am certified to provide clinical supervision to both therapists-in-training as well as for established therapists and professionals, especially around topics relating to adolescents, divorce, parenting, and child development. My fee is $300.