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Curriculum Vitae Trisha R. Miller, Ph.D.
Honors and Scholarships Academic Merit Scholarship, Rockhurst College, 1982-1986
Professional Experience Clinical May 2001 through the present Provide individual, couples, and family therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Primary referral sources include Department of Social Services, Guardian Ad Litem Program, pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, attorneys, schools, other therapists, and previous clients. Clients in the practice present with wide range of problems, such as those related to trauma, foster placement, depression, anxiety, defiance, relationship problems , Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, Adjustment Disorders, Bipolar Affective Disorder, divorce, grief, eating disorders, and problems of attachment. Therapy includes consulting with school counselors, physicians, DSS, and referrals for further evaluation or medication.
August 1999 - May 2001 Provided psychological services to individuals, couples, and families, all ages. Primary referral sources included Department of Social Services, Guardian Ad Litem program, physicians, schools, other therapists, and previous clients. Provided consultations to other mental health professionals such as social worker and art therapist. Consulted regularly with psychiatrist on stuff. Provided psychological consultation services in the hospital per physician request. Provided in-service training to hospital stuff. Worked with clients presenting with problems relating to foster placement, trauma, family dysfunction, depression, anxiety, grief, behavioral problems, relationship problems, difficulties associated with aging, divorce, eating disorders, problems of attachment, ADHD, social problems, and problems of adjustment. Therapy included consulting with school counselors and teachers, physicians, DSS, and referrals for further evaluation and treatment.
January 1997 - July 1998 Provided psychological evaluations and individual, marital, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults in a rural community mental health center setting. Primary referral sources included Division of Family Services, schools, juvenile officers, judges, lawyers, physicians, other mental health professionals, especially colleges within the agency. Majority of referrals were children and adolescents. Consulted in developing an early Childhood Day Treatment Program and continued to provide psychological evaluations, group therapy, and stuff clinical supervision within that program. Provided clinical supervision of individual working toward licensure as well as to most of the stuff in group and individual format. Developed Staff Nurturance Survey and Task Force to asses and improve staff functioning and morale. Developed, organized and facilitated a community based workshop entitled “Improving Our Community’s RESPONSE to Child Sexual Abuse” which led to the establishment of a Child Advocacy Center Task Force, which I facilitated. Developed the “Functional Assessment and Treatment Plan” to serve as an outcome measure for a variety of clinical services within the agency; this was considered for use state-wide. Participated in the local professional networking meeting, the County Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and a local grade school’s Caring Community Site Council. Provided in-service and education, including on the radio, on topics such as various areas of child psychology, self-nurturance, interviewing skills, professional ethics, and child abuse.
March 1996 - December 1996 Developed and expanded the provision of psychological services within a multi-specialty group practice. Provided psychological evaluations of children, adolescents, and adults for a variety of referral problems such as pre-adoption evaluations, investigation of abuse/neglect, competency to parent, and diagnosis of mental and learning disorders. Provided individual, group, marital, and family therapy to address a variety of problems such as eating disorders, depression, anxiety, behavioral problems, attention deficit disorder, poor social skills, poor parenting, trauma, loss, and conflict relationships. Provided educational presentations in the community on the radio, at a conference, and in a workshop on topics such as domestic violence, post-partum depression, self-nurturance, parenting strategies with adolescents, and interpersonal relationships in nursing. Supervised a doctoral intern.
September 1991 – March 1996 Established and developed the provision of psychology services to the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit (adult), including psychological evaluation, group, individual, marital, and family therapy, and multi-disciplinary staffing participation. Coordinated and developed computerized method of writing treatment plans. Introduced computerized psychological evaluation methods. Participated in multidisciplinary oncology treatment team; lead oncology stuff support group. Member of hospital Ethics Committee. Also provided outpatient psychotherapy and evaluations to children, adolescents, adults, couples, families, and groups for individuals with eating disorders. Provided in-service training to staff and did educational presentations in the community. Provided psychological services on a consultation basis through the hospital. Conducted Emergency Room mental health/psychiatric evaluations. Supervised Psychology Technician (created his position). Received one hour weekly supervision from Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist.
September 1990 - August 1991 This was a consortium consisting of three affiliated training sites: Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, Harry S. Truman Veterans Affairs Hospital, and The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. This 12-month internship included three four-month major rotations (25-30 h/wk). The Director of Internship Training was Marydeth Priesmeyer, Ph.D. Major Rotations (4 month each) Child Psychiatric Inpatient Service – Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center: September 1990 – January 1991. Service consisted of a 13-bed unit for children ages 6-13, emphasizing short-term milieu treatment of acute patients. Patient presentations included conduct disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, PTSD, identity disturbance, and other presentations related to a history of physical and/or sexual abuse, and/or neglect. Emphasis was on personality and intellectual assessment, individual and group therapy, and treatment team participation. One 10-week outpatient child self-esteem psychotherapy group was added. Supervisor: Leslie Luchene, Ph.D. Substance Abuse Treatment Unit – Harry S. Truman Veterans Affairs Hospital: January 1991 – May 1991. Service consisted of a 17-bed unit emphasizing 23- to 28-day holistic ETOH rehabilitation for veterans. Emphasis was on personality, intellectual, and neuropsychological assessment, clinical interviewing, group therapy, skills training, family education. Patient presentations often included dual diagnosis with Axis I and/or Axis II disorders such as Major Depressive Episode, PTSD, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder. Supervisor: Andrew Meyer, Ph.D. Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Service – Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center: May 1991 – August 1991. Service consisted of a 17-bed unit emphasizing short-term treatment of a wide range of voluntary and court-committed acute patients with Axis I and/or Axis II diagnoses such as Major Depressive Episode, Bipolar Affective Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Schizophrenia. Emphasis was on personality assessment, clinical interviewing, family and individual psychotherapy, and consultation. Supervisor: Rick Gowdy, Ph.D. Minor Rotations (6 month each) Incest Treatment Program – Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center: September 1990 – March 1991. This block involved group therapy with incest perpetrators, non-offending parents, and child victims. Several individual psychotherapy cases of adults molested as children (males and females) and non-offending parents were carried long-term through August 1991. Several in-service training seminars were attended including an all-day presentation from Christine Curtois, Ph.D. Cross discipline staffing and organizational meetings were attended in the community. Gave in-service training presentation on non-offending parents. Supervisor: Thomas Amolsch, Ph.D. Adult Outpatient Service – Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center: March 1991 – August 1991. This service provided short and long-term outpatient psychological services to both acute and chronic patients. Crisis intervention, brief, long-term psychotherapy, couples, family, and group therapy were included. Emphasis was on psychotherapy, extended clinical interview for assessment, treatment plan formation, and consultation. Supervisor: Thomas Amolsch, Ph.D.
1986 – 1990 Full clinical responsibility for psychological services rendered to children, adolescents, and adults with range of presenting problems from mild problems in living to psychoses, including working with children and families where abuse and neglect were involved, under group and individual supervision by clinical faculty members. Services included intake interviews, educational-intellectual-personality assessment with both objective and projective instruments, various long and short-term therapeutic strategies, school consultation, co-leading and seven-week parent-training program, and supervision of less advanced students in the administration and interpretation of objective and projective assessment and therapeutic interventions. Therapy approaches employed included behavioral techniques, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive therapy, problem-solving approaches, play therapy, and family therapy. Supervisor: Mike Ross, Ph.D. (2500 hours).
1988 – 1990 Full clinical responsibility for providing family therapy to families and couples presenting a wide range of problems. Group team supervision was utilized for case management, didactic, and experiential learning as well as for facilitating understanding of personal family-of-origin. Numerous approaches and techniques were employed, but the emphasis was structural/strategic and experiential. Supervisor: Russ Searight, Ph.D. (600 hours).
1989 – 1990 Full clinical responsibility for providing group therapy to adolescent females ages 12-16 referred for adjustment problems centered on family dysfunction, adoption, and poor social skills. Conducted co-therapy with colleague and participated in weekly supervision used for case management and didactic learning. Numerous approaches were employed but the emphasis was on group process and developmental conceptualization. Supervisor: Nancy Brown, Ph.D. (200 hours).
1987 – 1990 Full clinical responsibility for providing psychological and psycho educational assessments to infants, children, and adolescents, from both inpatient and outpatient referral sources. Presenting problems covered a wide range of disorders including epilepsy, cranio-facial deformities, brain tumor, behavioral disorders, depression, eating disorders, learning disabilities, mental retardation, autism, attention deficit disorder, child abuse, anxiety disorder, and psychosis. Responsibilities included providing consultation to staff psychiatrists and neurologists. One adolescent therapy case was carried involving individual and family intervention. Supervisor: Thomas Vogel, Psy.D. (2500 hours).
1986 Responsibilities included the implementation of behavioral treatment programs for adult psychiatric inpatients referred for a range of disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, personality disorders, depression, complicated bereavement, anxiety disorders, and agoraphobia. Received training in the utilization of various techniques such as flooding, behavioral charting, relaxation training, systematic desensitization, cognitive restructuring, and supportive psychotherapy. Supervisor: Thomas Margolis, Ph.D. (150 hours).
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