But despite the fact that suicide was the third leading cause of death for young people (following accidents and homicides), there were none. He partnered with Rathus, a colleague at Montefiore and the research coordinator of his clinic, to find evidence-based treatments developed for suicidal adolescents. He recalled, with a touch of wry humor, that “I had psychology students and psychiatry residents asking me, ‘What do we do?’ and I’d say, ‘That’s an excellent, excellent question – let me get back to you on that.’” He quickly realized that, while he had what he called his “dream job,” he was ill-equipped to deal with suicidal adolescent outpatients – an underserved and crisis-oriented population. He was accepted into the PsyD program and found himself exhilarated by “the fantastic faculty who gave me a tremendous breadth of training in different theoretical orientations, including cognitive behavioral therapy, which is evidence-based, researchable and researched, and skills-based – which suited me very well.”Īfter graduating from Ferkauf in 1993, he took a job at Four Winds Hospital in Katonah, New York, working with teens and families in acute distress on a short-term outpatient basis, and then, a year and a half later, took over the directorship of a sub-specialty clinic called the adolescent depression and suicide program at Montefiore Medical Center. “That work really solidified my interest in the field of mental health after working with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other significant psychiatric conditions.”Īfter graduating from Michigan, Miller moved back East to be with family and friends and attend Ferkauf. (MGoBlue paraphernalia graces a good bit of shelf space in his office.)ĭuring his college summers at home, he worked at Cornell University’s Westchester Division of Psychiatry, now called NewYork-Presbyterian/Westchester Division, doing recreational activities with patients. Intrigued by the challenges and puzzles of human psychology from an early age (both of his parents worked in health professions, his father as a psychiatrist), he headed off in 1984 to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he obtained both a BA in Psychology and a lifelong devotion to the Michigan Wolverines, the University’s football team. McGinn, who is also director of clinical psychology in the PsyD program at Ferkauf. Jill Rathus, currently teaching at Long Island University), and at Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants LLP (CBC), the group practice and training center he co-founded in 2004 with Dr.
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Miller will be the first to admit that he did not achieve this success single-handedly “because I love the notion of ‘team,’ and as much as possible I carry that into my professional life.” He works closely with a talented group of collaborators at Montefiore Medical Center (particularly Dr. “This is a wonderful honor for me to receive this award, especially to have a scholarship created in my name because Ferkauf is near and dear to my heart, and I hope students who receive this scholarship will have a strong interest in working with suicidal youth.”Īs his extensive list of books, research publications, lectures and conferences shows, he has achieved significant success in working with this population by adapting a therapeutic approach, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), to provide these teenagers and their families with tools that help keep them alive and lead positive and productive lives.
He will have a scholarship created in his name and also deliver a public lecture, titled “Self-Harm: The Coping Strategy for Youth in the 21st Century – Guidelines for Families, Schools, and Mental Health Professionals.” ( Register here for the lecture and contribute here to the scholarship fund.) Miller will receive the second annual Distinguished Alumni Award from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology for the work he has done over the last twenty-five years with multi-problem suicidal adolescents. A Quarter-Century of Helping Adolescents and Their Families Find Emotional Health
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