About Joseph

I’m Joseph LeMieux. I’m a Professional Acting coach currently in clinical practice while completing my Master’s in Clinical Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

What I bring to the work is a foundation in attachment theory, somatic experiencing, and depth psychology, integrated through a long contemplative practice in the Buddhist tradition. I hold a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Purdue. I’ve spent thousands of hours in meditation, retreat, and the daily practice of inner work.

But none of that matters as much as this: I do my own work. Continuously. The capacity I bring to other people’s becoming is built on the daily practice of meeting my own.

On working with Actors

I spent more than twenty years as an actor. What I know about this work didn't come only from a book or a training — it came from being in front of people and trying to tell the truth, and from all the years I spent learning how to get out of my own way.

That's the territory I understand from the inside. The fear before you begin. The habits that protect you and also flatten you. The difference between performing a feeling and actually letting something happen.

There is something particular about being seen by someone who has stood where you're standing. The defenses that hold firm in other rooms sometimes just — release.

If you're an actor who wants to go deeper — past technique, into the living thing underneath it — I understand the specific territory you're working in. And I'd be glad to work with you there.

Background & Training

  • Fifteen+ years of dedicated personal practice

  • Over twenty years as a working actor — on stage, on set, and in the room — - which is where this all began. The craft taught me how attention, impulse, and truth actually move through a body under pressure. Everything I do now is built on that.

  • Bachelor’s in Psychology, Purdue University

• Clinical Psychology Master’s Program California Institute of Integral Studies

• Somatic Experiencing foundations

• Ongoing study in attachment theory and polarity work