Welcome to my website ~ My name is Miles Nitz and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist. Take Charge Counseling is my solo private practice, established in October of 2008.
Coming up on nine years ago now I walked into a coffee shop with my buddy Steve, my laptop and zero knowledge about how to create a website. I walked out with this website, and just slightly more than zero knowledge about websites ~ but at least I had one. What you are looking at here is nine years of learning, experimenting, trial and error. This website is 100% my work, no one else has ever touched it. Starting a private practice in therapy, left me no room in the budget for a web-designer, so I had to learn to do it myself. I make no apologies for the graphics, layout and presentation ~ I do my best. It is really the content that makes all the difference.
Many websites serve the purpose of branding, marketing, and selling product. And I'll admit that was my idea at first. But that has changed over the years. What my website is now is my story, the story of my professional career as a therapist. It has come to be a collection of everything I know about helping people change. And it is written in text, audio and video ~ something to fit every learning style. If you would have told me 10 years ago if I would be creating audio tapes, and video tapes, and uploading them YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. I would've told you you were crazy, but I guess maybe I'm the crazy one. My Book, as I think of my website now, will continue growing until I retire, or die, the latter probably coming first ~ because I love what I do too much to think about stopping.
Not only does my website contain my story, it also contains a significant portion of my actual practice. The videos you will find are not simply introductions, they are an actual part of the therapy process, a big part. My goal with these videos is to present as many ideas, strategies and techniques, for change, as I possibly can. They are not teaser videos to get you part-way there, they explain it all.
Then what do you need me for? Right? Trust me I'm not worried about that. You can have all knowledge of the best techniques in the world but you will still have a long way to go to implement those in your life. That is where I come into the picture. Even after I tell you everything I know, you will still need my help to implement the strategies in your life.
And in order to do that as effectively and as efficiently as humanly possible, I have developed VQT ~ Virtual Quasi Therapy ~ my own proprietary brand of therapy, which is as close to therapy as one can get without actually being in therapy. And it is so easy to get started ~ no assessment, no personal information, no hassle ~ just send me a text, and we are rolling. If you are interested, click on the VQT tab for a thorough explanation of exactly how it works.
The Videos, combined with VQT, is the proprietary combo that makes this platform work ~ and work well. You watch the videos first, to learn as much as I can teach you about the process on video, and then if you decide you want to join, we begin the virtual quasi-therapy. Joining VQT is analogous to joining a health club for your mind ~ which has been my tagline for years. For as little as $10 a month, you can become a member and start interacting, VQT-style, with me. Think of it as having access to the best self-help book available (my website) for free, and then having a direct line to interact with the author, to customize the strategies, and operationalize the information for your unique situation, so that you can actually integrate them into your life. That is the only way it really works. Along the way I have also fallen in love with audio-blogging and podcasting. That is such a blast. Check out that tab as well.
The best part of all of it is that this is not a static website. Every week, you will find a new posting of some kind, a new video, a blog or a podcast. And I have most recently started to post video to my Take Charge Facebook page and Twitter@MilesNitz. So there are lots of ways that you can follow what is happening, and learn everything you could possibly learn about how to change. Because at the end of the day I think we would all have to agree that knowledge is power.
So If you are arriving here for the firsrt time ~ Welcome Aboard! Feel free to tool around the entire website, and see what I am talking about. If you have any questions, shoot me a text, or message me on Facebook or Twitter. I am looking forward to talking with you soon!
