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Alec L. Miller, PsyD, received his bachelor of arts degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before earning his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University. Dr. Miller has become internationally known in the areas of adolescent depression, suicidology and self-injury, borderline personality disorder, and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). He has spent the past 13 years heading a clinical research team adapting DBT for outpatient suicidal multiproblem adolescents, as well as contributing to the adaptation of DBT for inpatient suicidal adolescents, delivery of DBT in high schools to at-risk youth, and DBT adapted for a triply diagnosed adult population (i.e., HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and BPD). He has received federal, state, and private funding for his research. He has authored and coauthored dozens of articles and book chapters on these and related topics and is first author of the book Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents, published by Guilford Press (2007). He also coauthored Childhood Maltreatment, Advances in Psychotherapy-Evidence Based Practice (2006). He is frequently invited to conduct lectures and workshops to both lay and professional audiences and has trained thousands of mental health professionals around the world. In 2002, he received the Service Award from the International Society for the Improvement and Training of DBT (ISITDBT) and was chair of the 2004 and 2005 ISITDBT Conferences. As a clinician, Dr. Miller is cofounder of Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants of Westchester, LLP, a private group practice in White Plains, NY. He is highly sought after as a leading practitioner of CBT and DBT with children, adolescents, and adults. He also consults to various agencies and grant-funded programs, some of whom conduct DBT in outpatient, inpatient, and school settings. His clinical expertise has been highlighted by various popular media outlets including CNN Paula Zahn Now, CBS-TV Morning News, Teen People Magazine, and the NY Daily News. One PBS program, Keeping Kids Healthy, in which Dr. Miller and one of his young adult patients were interviewed about adolescent suicidality, was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dr. Miller is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), past president of the APA's Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) section on Clinical Emergencies and Crises, and Division 12 program chair for the 2007 APA Convention. He has also been an invited expert at National Institute of Mental Health consensus meetings regarding the assessment of and intervention for suicidal behavior. Dr. Miller has spent the past several years consulting to the Food and Drug Administration on the "Suicidality Classification Project" to help further examine what relationship exists between pharmacotherapy and suicide in children and adults. Finally, Dr. Miller currently serves as associate editor for the journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Practice and serves as a reviewer for several other professional journals. Return to Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Multiple Problems |
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