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Therapist-CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Wendy L. Miller, Ph.D., A.T.R., REAT, LPC
10225 Montgomery Ave.
Kensington, MD 20895
H: (301) 962-6170 W:( 301) 652-7183
FAX: (301) 962-6169 email: wendmiller@aol.com
EDUCATION
Ph. D. THE UNION INSTITUTE
1992 Cincinnati, Ohio
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with Specializations
in Expressive Arts Therapy and Health
Psychology: Dissertation on Expressive Arts Therapy
and Medical Illness (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.)
M.A. SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
1978 San Francisco, California
Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Studies: Master's
Project on Sculpture as Psychological
Environment.
B.A. SIMMONS COLLEGE
1972 Boston, Massachusetts
Psychology: Field Work with adolescents and
Vietnam Veterans.
1971 CITY OF LONDON UNIVERSITY
London, England
Psychology and Art: Tavistock Clinic
REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION
ATR-BC THE AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION
2007 Mundelein, Ill.
Board Certification as a Registered Art Therapist
LPC WASHINGTON DC PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION
1997 Washington DC
Licensed Professional Counselor
R.E.A.T. INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ASSOCIATION
1997 San Francisco, CA.
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist
A.T.R. THE AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION
1994 Mundelein, Ill.
Registered Art Therapist
CET THE NATIONAL EXPRESSIVE THERAPY ASSOCIATION
1992 New York, New York
Certified Expressive Therapist, permanent status
A-TR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ARTIST-THERAPISTS
1982 New York, New York
Certified Artist-Therapist, 1982.
PRESENTATIONS/CONSULTANCIES IN CLINICAL SETTINGS
"Art Therapy vs. Occupational Therapy," Mount Zion Hospital Adolescent Unit, San Francisco, CA., November 1979.
"Images From Our Lives: Erikson-based Arts Studio with Chronic
Schizophrenic Clients," Sanford County Hospital Psychiatric Unit,
Sanford, Connecticut, October, 1982.
"Uses of Expressive Arts Therapy with Adolescents," (with Wende
Silverman Heath), Santa Clara County East Valley Mental Health Center,
June, 1986 .
"Expressive Arts Therapy with Chronic Schizophrenic Clients," Phoenix
Programs/Concord Mental Health, Alameda, CA., October, 1986.
"Erikson-based Arts Studio: Activity, Recovery and Growth," Laguna
Honda Convalescent Hospital, San Francisco, CA., March, 1986.
"Living with Illness: Art Therapy with Medically-Ill Clients," Beyond Boundaries, Washington D.C., May/June, 1988.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Art Therapy for People Living with Illness
and Caregivers Working with Illness," Beyond Boundaries, St. Francis
Center, Washington D.C., November, 1988.
"The Use of Imagery and Art Therapy in Healing," National Chronic
Epstein Barr Virus Syndrome Association, Annandale, VA., Sept. 1988.
"Imagery, Art & Health," Alternative Therapies Conference, Columbia
Hospital for Women, Endometriosis Alliance of Metropolitan Washington,
Washington D.C., May, 1988.
"Imagery, Art & Health: The Healthy Self," Create, Bethesda, MD., October 1988.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Imagination as Medicine," Create, Bethesda, MD., November 1988.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Belief Systems, " Create, Bethesda, MD., November.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Symptoms as Messengers," Create, Bethesda, MD., December, 1988.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Art as Meditation," Create, Bethesda, MD., January 1989.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Sleeping Beauty and Chronic Fatigue, " Create, Bethesda, MD., February, 1989.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Therapeutic Applications in Illness and
Bereavement," St. Francis Center, Washington, D.C., September, 1989.
"Art Therapy with the Medically Ill Client," Creative Arts Therapy
Services Staff Development, The George Washington University Counseling
Center, Washington, D.C., April 1989.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Art Therapy for women living with illness,"
Endometriosis Alliance of Metropolitan Washington, Washington, D.C.,
March 1989.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Art Therapy for women living with illness,"
Endometriosis Alliance of Metropolitan Washington, Washington, D.C.,
May 1989.
"Imagery, Art & Health: Art Therapy and Psychosynthesis for the
Counseling Professional," Montgomery College Office of Student
Development/Counseling, Germantown, MD. , April 1989.
"Psychotherapy Integrating Creativity, Spirituality and Health, "
Holistic Spirituality Conference, Benedictine Pastoral Center and
Linton Hall School, Bristow, VA., June 1989.
"Imagery, Art, & Health: The Mind-Body Connection in Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome," (wth Allison Marschak),American Humanistic
Psychology Twenty-eighth Annual Conference, Burlington, Vermont, June,
1990.
"Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Healing with Intermodal Arts Therapy," Create, Bethesda, MD. October, 1990.
"Resolving Questions of Professional Identity: The Artist Meets the Art
Therapist Meets the Artist-Therapist Meets the Artist," American
Association of Artist-Therapists Ninth Annual Conference, San
Francisco, CA., February, 1990.
"Art Therapy with the Head-Injured Client," Northern Virginia Head Injury Association, Springfield, VA., March 1991.
"Imagery, Art & Health," Ann Ladd Associates, Falls Church, VA., April, 1991.
"The Marriage Between Creativity and Medicine, " California Institute of Integral Studies, " San Francisco, CA. August, 1991.
"Integration: Artist, Educator, Clinician," California Institute of
Integral Studies at University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
August, 1991.
"Artist as Therapist," Potomac Art Therapy Association and The George
Washington University Graduate Program in Art Therapy, Washington D.C.,
October, 1992.
"Creativity and Your Child," Outdoor Nursery School, Kensington, MD., October 1992.
"Mind-Body Connection: Imagery, Art & Health," The Potomac Art Therapy Association, Washington D.C., February, 1992.
"Images From Our Lives," The George Washington University Graduate
Program in Art Therapy Colloquium Lecture Series, Washington D.C.,
November, 1993.
"Mind-Body Connection in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Use of Imagery and
Expressive Arts Therapy in Healing," Create, Bethesda, MD., April, 1993.
"Pre-Conference Course on Mind-Body Connections in Expressive Arts
Therapy," National Expressive Therapy Association Ninth Annual
Conference, San Francisco, CA. February, 1993.
"Creative Arts Therapy in a Neuropsych Program, " Health South Rehab
Center of Greater Washington, Gaithersburg, MD., February, 1993.
"Portrait of an Illness: Art Therapy and Cancer," Life with Cancer Program, Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA., December, 1993.
"Mind-Body Connections in Art Expressive Therapy," 51st Conference of
American Group Psychotherapy Association, Washington D.C., February,
1994.
"Imagery, Art & Spirituality: Mind-Body Connection in Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome," Twenty-fifth Annual American Art Therapy Association
Conference, Chicago, Ill, November, 1994.
"Mind-Body Connections in Expressive Arts Therapy," Inaugural
Conference of The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association,
San Francisco, CA., Feb. 1995.
"Imagery, Art, & Health," California Institute of Integral Studies Public Program Series, San Francisco, CA., Feb. 1995.
"Mind-Body Connections in Therapy: Perspectives From An Art Therapist,"
Create Therapy Institute, Bethesda, MD. June 1995 (available on video).
"Introduction to Sand tray Therapy," (withRebecca Milliken), SUNY
Buffalo School of Social Work Training Institute for Advanced Social
Work Practice, New York, October 1995.
"Healing Through Art," Art Therapy discourse on Darcy Lynn's art making
and recovery from lymphoma cancer, video, Jan - March 1996.
"Imagery, Art & Health: A Slide Presentation of Expressive Arts
Therapy Drawings and Sand trays with Medically- ill Clients," Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, Herbert School of Medicine
with National Institute of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine,
Bethesda, MD., Feb. 1996.
"Imagery, Movement, and Health," (withRebecca Milliken), An
Experiential Session at The Second International Congress on
Alternative Medicine, Alexandria, VA., June 1996
'Rejuvenating the Therapist," (withRebecca Milliken), SUNY Buffalo
School of Social Work: Training Institute for Advanced Social Work
Practice, Feb 96.
"Investigating the Relationship between the Creative Process and the
Therapeutic Process," Potomac Art Therapy Association, May 1996.
"An Integrative View for Understanding Mind-Body Connections in Therapy
and Health," Keynote Presentation, Art Therapy for the New
Millennium:Unifying Body, Mind and Spirit, Buckeye Symposium, Columbus,
Ohio, Sept. 1999
“Imagery, Art & Health: Presentation on Expressive Arts Therapy
Drawings and Sand Trays with Medically Ill Clients,” Bowling Green
State University, Annual Spring Art Therapy Symposium: Invited Clinical
Faculty, April, 2001.
"The Cycles of Creativity," (with Carol Cox), Bowling Green State
University, Annual Spring Art Therapy Symposium; Invited Clinical
Faculty, April, 2001.
"AARP Workshop on Creativity after Age 50," (with Gene Cohen), The
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, April 2001.
"Experiential Supervision: Presentation and Workshop for Supervisors of
Art Therapy Interns," (with Rebecca Milliken), The George Washington
University, The Graduate Program in Art Therapy, May 2001.
“Sandtray and Art Therapy,” Potomac Art Therapy Association, Create Therapy Institute, June 2002.
“Experiential Supervision: Presentation and Workshop for Supervisors
of Art Therapy Interns,” (with Rebecca Milliken), The George Washington
University, The Graduate Program in Art Therapy, Sept. 2002.
1997-2002 -- Presentations on Case Material with Medically Ill Clients
and Internationally Adopted Children for International Expressive Arts
Therapy Association Conferences.
“Sandtray Supervision,” Monthly In-Service Presentations at Center for
Adoption Support and Education, Silver Spring, Md., 2002
-2003.
“Artlinks for Health: Towards An Integration of Fields in the History
of Arts and Healthcare,” Society for the Arts in Healthcare, 4/24/04,
Washington DC, 2004.
“The Continuum and The Star Model,” Potomac Art Therapy Association, 4/25/04. Washington DC, 2004.
Art as Cultural Responsibility: Jews through Trauma and Healing, Kehila Chadasha, 2/07, Washington DC.
“He Said, She Said: Integrative Intelligence and Developmental
Intelligence,” Society for the Arts in Healthcare,4/07 Nashville,
Tenn., 2007.
PUBLICATIONS
Miller, W. (2004). “Ripening seeds; the harvest of approaches in
expressive arts therapy, “ International Expressive Arts Therapy
Association Newsletter, No. 1.
Miller,W. (2003). Metaphors of identity: Clinical observations on
adoption and the use of the sand tray process in art therapy
with internationally adopted children, in Betts, D, (Ed.) Creative Arts
Therapies Approaches in Adoption and Foster Care.
Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas Publ.
Miller, W. (2003). Still searching for the ground of memory: shalom,
salaam, in Poieis: A Journal of the Arts and Communication,
Vol. 5, 2003.
Miller, W., Milliken, R., (2002). "Pushing the experiential edge in
therapy, training and supervision: a case study of Create Therapy
Institute’s experiential supervision program,” Poiesis; A Journal of
the Arts and Communication, Vol. 4, 2002.
Miller, W., (1999), Review of “The arts in health care: a palette of
possibilities,” Journal of the American Art Therapy
Association, Vol 16, no. 1, 1999.
Miller, W., (1999), Review of “Tending the Fire,” The Arts in Psychotherapy, Vol 27, No. 4, 1999.
Miller, W., (1997), “Imagery, art and health: excerpts from a series
of presentations on art as complementary medicine,” CREATE
Journal, Vol 6, 1997.
Miller, W., (1996) “ Imagery, art and health: excerpts from a series of
presentations on art as complementary medicine, “ Healing
Thru Art, educational video on Darcy Lynn.
Miller, W., (1992), "The experience of nine women living with Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome, as demonstrated through mental imagery,
drawings, and verbal descriptions," The Union Institute.
University Microfilms International: Order number 9219128.
Miller, W., (1991), "Art as a therapeutic element in the healing
process with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome," The Rose
Window: Newsletter of Healing Through Arts, Inc.
Miller, W., (1990), "Reclaiming the goddess," Common Boundary, 3/4.
Miller, W., (1989), "Imagery, art and health: workshop to explore
healing process," St. Francis Center Newsletter, XII(5).
Miller, W.,(1989), "Women healers among us," Snakepower, 1(1).
Miller, W., (1988), "Living with illness," Pathways, Spring.
Glendinning, C., Miller, W., Ulman, D., (1988), "Living homeopathically
on the planet," The Elmwood Institute Newsletter, 4(4).
Miller, W.,(1986), "Mining the group mind," Mindport: Journal of San
Francisco State University School of Creative Arts, Fall.
Miller, W., Partridge, L., (1978), "Death rite," Womanspirit, 5(18).
UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS
Miller, W., "Different Doorways into Understanding Mind/Body
Connections: An Integrative View from a Medical Art
Therapist."
PUBLICATIONS ABOUT MY WORK
Miller, P. (1992), "My healing journey through Chronic Fatigue," Yoga Journal, 11/12.
Brancheau, D., (1990), "Some ideas on the interface between art and
therapy," Potomac Art Therapy Association Newsletter, 2(1).
Framer, A. (1985), "Sculptures show art as artifact," Mindport: Journal
of San Francisco State University School of Creative Arts,
Fall.
Clark, E, (1983), An Algerian Odyssey: Wendy Miller takes a look behind the veils, Waterville Morning Sentinel.
Ercegovic, M. (1982), "Wendy Miller: Strategies for Standing," Women Artists News, 8(1).
CLINICAL TRAINING IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND ART THERAPY
1993 - 1997 Psychology Associate -- Dr. Steve Schulman
Bethesda, Md.-- Post Doctoral Clinical Supervision in Objects Relations and Self Psychology
1993 WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRY
Washington, D.C. -- Objects Relations Training
1993 MENNINGER CLINIC
Topeka, Kansas -- Heart of Healing
1988 - 1991 CREATIVE ENERGY OPTIONS
Springhouse, Pennsylvania -- Studies in New Therapies
1988 - 1990 PSYCHOSYNTHESIS FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS
Concord, Mass.-- Summer Institute Advanced Trainings
1988-89 THE FAMILY RELATIONS INSTITUTE
Falls Church, Va. -- The Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills
1988-1991 IMAGERY TRAINING INSTITUTE
Bethesda, Md. -- Advanced Clinical Training in Imagery/Art Therapy
1986-87 PSYCHOSYNTHESIS TRAINING INSTITUTE
San Francisco, CA. -- Training Program in Psychosynthesis
practice and theory
1985-87 SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL:
ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
San Francisco, California -- Psychosynthesis Imagery Training
1980-81 EXPRESSIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
San Francisco, California -- Bodywork Training and Feminist Therapy
1974-75 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES
San Francisco, California --Training in Gestalt Art Therapy
1974 JEWISH COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL CENTER
San Francisco, California -- Training in Sand Tray Therapy
1973-74 SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: PRIMARY APHASIA PROGRAM
San Francisco, California -- Training in Play Therapy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996 LESLEY COLLEGE
Cambridge, MA. -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
GEXTH 5010 Intermodal Expressive Therapies
1991- 1997 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES
San Francisco, CA. -- Expressive Arts Therapy Graduate Program
EXA 410 Imagery and Health: A Psychosynthesis Approach (1991)
EXA 410 Imagery, Art and Health (1992-1997)
1988 - 1990 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
1996 Washington, DC --The Graduate Program In Art Therapy
AR TH 289.10 Special Topics in Art Therapy: Artist as Therapist
AR TH SPEC. Clay Exploration for Sculpture Requirement in Art Therapy
present Invitational Presentations and Supervision
Clinical Advisor for Artist as Therapist course
1984-87 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
San Francisco, California -- Department of Fine Arts (Graduate and Undergrad)
Art 240 Exploration in Sculpture
Art 440 Sculpture II
Art 541 Special Topics in Sculpture: Magical Object
Art 541/741 Special Topics in Sculpture: Transformative Object
1984-1987 JOHN F. KENNEDY UNIVERSITY
Orinda, California -- Graduate Programs of Professional
Psychology, Expressive Art Therapies
Specialization, and Department of Arts and
Consciousness
Psych 5760/A & C 5410 Theory and Practice of Expressive Art Therapy
Psych 5762/A & C 5200 Psychodynamic Processes in Expressive Art Therapy
Psych 5761/A & C 5420 Expressive Art Therapy with
Special Client Populations: Elder Psychiatric
Adults
Psych 5995 Independent Graduate Study in Psychology:
Parallels in Creative and Therapeutic Processes
A & C 5993 Thesis Research Supervision
Psych 5764 Seminar in Expressive Art Therapy: Reshaping Stress Patterns
Psych 5764 Seminar in Expressive Art Therapy: Therapeutic
and Cultural Impact of Expressive Art Therapy
1984-87 VERMONT COLLEGE OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY
San Francisco, California -- Field Faculty in the Division
of Alternative Education and Graduate Studies
Thesis Supervision for Masters in Art Therapy
1988 - 1990 SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE
Santa Fe, New Mexico -- Masters Program in Art Therapy
Studio Practicum in Creative Expressive Therapy:
TEACHING/TRAINING EXPERIENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1996-1999 INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY ASSOCIATION
1985 -87 NATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ARTISTS-THERAPISTS
1982 - 85 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL ARTIST-IN-SOCIAL-INSTITUTIONS
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
1994 - present Co-founder, CREATE THERAPY INSTITUTE
Bethesda, MD. -- Supervisor, Trainer, and Clinician in Private Practice
1989 - 1994 CREATE EXPRESSIVE ARTS CENTER
Bethesda, Maryland -- Clinician in Private Practice
1987 - 1989 BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Silver Spring, Md.--Clinician in Private Practice
1988 - 1990 WICKERSTY AND ASSOCIATES, Inc.
Bladensburg, Maryland -- Associate Expressive Arts Therapist
1988 - 1989 MT. VERNON HOSPITAL
Alexandria, Va. -- Expressive Arts Therapist
1985-87 BEYOND BOUNDARIES PRODUCTIONS
San Francisco, California -- Co-founder
1985-86 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL MULTI-RESIDENCIES PROGRAM: LAGUNDA HONDA HOSPITAL
San Francisco, California -- Artist-Therapist
1980-81 SAND PATHS SCHOOL
San Francisco, California -- Director of Expressive Arts Therapy Studio
1979-82 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL ARTIST-IN-SOCIAL-INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM - GRANT RECIPIENT
San Francisco, Ca --Artist as Therapist , Thunderseed Community Mental Health Center
1979- 80 FORT MASON TRANSITIONAL CENTER
San Francisco, California -- Artist- Therapist
1976-78 SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
San Francisco, California -- Art Specialist
1976 ALVARADO ARTS WORKSHOP
San Francisco, California --Art Specialist
1976-78 SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
San Francisco, California -- Art Specialist
1976-78 RUBY O'BURKE'S CERAMIC STUDIO
San Francisco, California -- Art Teacher
1973-74 LAKESHORE SCHOOL
San Francisco, California -- Teacher Assistant
1972 BROOKLINE YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER
Brookline, Massachusetts -- Psychology Counselor in Training
1971 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL
Boston, Massachusetts -- Psychology Counselor in Training
1970 FERNALD SCHOOL FOR THE RETARDED
Waltham, Massachusetts --Research Intern in the Behavior Modifications Lab.
1968-69 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Boston, Massachusetts -- Psychology Intern
GRANTS/AWARDS
2002 WASHINGTON DC CENTER ON AGING
Seed-Funding for catalog on “Artists Over Fifty.”
2000 CREATIVITY AND AGING CONFERENCE
The George Washington University, Best Practice Honorable Mention
1991 HEALING THROUGH THE ARTS
Wayland, Mass -- Research Grant: Imagery of women with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
1986-87 WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION
Olympia, Washington -- Art in Public Places Arts Program
1985-1986 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL MULTI-RESIDENCY ARTIST
GRANT San Francisco, California -- video "Pleasure
Endeavors: A Reason Why."
1983 WILLIAM LEVINE & SONS
Waterville, Maine -- Research and Travel Fellowship
1982 MONEY FOR WOMEN FUND
Miami, Florida -- Art Exhibition of Institutionalized Women entitled "Images From
Our Lives"
1982 SAN FRANCISCO COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
San Francisco, CA.
Award of Honor at San Francisco Woman for "outstanding
service in the continuing effort to improve the
status of women in all aspects of their
personal and professional lives." Awarded by Mayor Diane Feinstein, San
Francisco, California, for exhibition with
psychiatric women clients, "Images From Our Lives"
1979-82 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL ARTIST-IN-SOCIAL-INSTITUTIONS RESIDENCY GRANT
San Francisco, Ca --.Artist in Residence, Thunderseed After
care, District V Community Mental Health.
1979-80 SAN FRANCISCO C.E.T.A. GRANT
San Francisco, Ca -- Fort Mason Transitional Center
1978 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS GRANT
San Francisco, Ca --Art exhibition, "Death Rite".
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Founding Professional Registered Member (REAT) and Past Executive
Co-Chair (1996-1998), International
Expressive Arts Therapy
Association, IEATA.
Professional Registered Member (ATR), American Art Therapy Association, AATA.
Professional Licensed Member (LPC), DC Professional Counselors Association.
Member, Potomac Art TherapyAssociation, PATA.
Member, International Society of Sand Play Therapists.
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