About
Allie F. Miller is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in both the States of Wisconsin and New Jersey and a Certified Sex Therapist by American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Prior to his relocation back to the Milwaukee area in March 2011, he maintained a part-time private psychotherapy practice for nearly nine years in the Southern New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia at The Starting Point, Inc. of NJ. He treats individuals, couples, and families and beginning fall 2011 he will facilitate a therapy group for male survivors of childhood sex abuse.
One of his most important “credentials” he brings to his work—and one that does not appear on his résumé—is that he began his own healing journey around age 40. The expansion and growth he experienced in his work with his therapists and healers caused him to want to assist others who needed a guide or mentor in their healing and recovery. Thus, in mid-life he began to connect with his body by studying massage and energy work; he deepened his own spiritual practice by attending The New Seminary in New York City; and finally he undertook formal studies in psychotherapy at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA, where in 2002 he received a Master of Arts in clinical-counseling psychological with a concentration in marriage/couples and family therapy. He was the recipient of the Class of 2002 Outstanding Graduate award from the Graduate Clinical-Counseling Psychology Department.
Subsequent to receiving his master’s degree, his undertook additional training and supervision in sex therapy. He also received training in and employs in his clinical practice where appropriate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
For additional information or to schedule an appointment, you may contact him at his office at Life-Span Psychological Services in Brookfield, WI, at 262.617.8366 or by e-mail at info@amillerlmft.com. If you go to his “Contact” page, you can fill out a “contact form” in which you will provide some basic information about yourself. He will then contact you.
Formal Education (in reverse chronological order):
Master of Arts in Clinical-Counseling Psychology May 2002 La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA Concentration: Marriage/Couples and Family Therapy Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration December 1986 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Major area: Accounting Minor areas: Social Psychology and Quantitative Systems Master of Science in Business Management May 1979 University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Concentration: Accounting Bachelor of Arts December 1976 University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Major: EnglishOther Training, Credentials, and Relevant Experiences:
Completed two three-day trainings in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in November 2008 and February 2009 offered by the EMDR Institute.
Ordained Interfaith Minister, June 1999. Ordination was the culmination of a two-year, part-time program offered by The New Seminary in New York City. Ordination ceremony took place at The Cathedral of St. John the Devine in New York City.
Completed one-half unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Cooper Hospital, Camden, NJ summer of 1998. Program consisted of class work, clinical hours, and on-call responsibility at Cooper Hospital, which is a regional teaching hospital in Southern New Jersey. Clinical hours were served as a chaplain-in-training at The Lighthouse Hospice in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Certified Massage Practitioner, October 1994. Completed a 500-hour program at The International Academy of Massage Science in Media, PA that included the study of anatomy and physiology, Swedish massage, and other holistic healing techniques.
Volunteered for approximately four years from mid- to late-90’s at The Lighthouse Hospice in Cherry Hill, NJ, visiting terminally ill patients and providing friendship and support to patients and their families.