William Miller

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., is the Director of the International Center for Clinical Excellence -- an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller is the author of scores of research articles and 15 books, including the most recent Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness (APA, 2020) and The Field Guide to Better Results: Evidence-based Exercises to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness (APA, 2023). He conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. His engaging presentation style, and command of the research literature, consistently inspires practitioners, administrators, and policy makers to make effective changes in service delivery.

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.

Donald Meichenbaum, PhD in Clinical Psychology is currently the Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention, Miami (www.melissainstitute.org). He is one of the founders of cognitive behavior therapy and was voted one of the most influential psychotherapists of the 20th century. His latest books include Roadmap to Resilience (www.roadmaptoresilience.com) and Evolution of Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Personal and Professional Journey.

Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., is the Director of the International Center for Clinical Excellence -- an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller is the author of scores of research articles and 15 books, including the most recent Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness (APA, 2020) and The Field Guide to Better Results: Evidence-based Exercises to Improve Therapeutic Effectiveness (APA, 2023). He conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. His engaging presentation style, and command of the research literature, consistently inspires practitioners, administrators, and policy makers to make effective changes in service delivery.

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.

Robert Dilts holds a degree in Behavioral Technology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has a global reputation as a developer, author, coach, trainer, and consultant in the fields of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Success Factor Modeling (SFM) and is the co-founder of NLP University in Santa Cruz, California. He is also the co-founder (with Dr. Stephen Gilligan) of the International Association for Generative Change (IAGC).

Robert worked closely with NLP co-founders John Grinder and Richard Bandler at the time of its creation and also studied personally with Milton H. Erickson, M.D., and Gregory Bateson. He pioneered the applications of NLP to education, creativity, health, leadership, belief systems, and the development of what has become known as “Third Generation NLP.”

Robert has authored more than thirty books on a variety of topics related to personal and professional development, including Changing Belief Systems with NLP, Tools of the Spirit, From Coach to Awakener, NLP II: The Next Generation, Sleight of Mouth Volumes 1-2, The Hero’s Journey: A Voyage of Self-Discovery (with Dr. Stephen Gilligan), Generative Coaching Volumes 1-3 (with Dr. Stephen Gilligan), and The Power of Mindset Change (with Mickey Feher).

Cloé Madanes, HDL, LIC, in Psychology, is a world-renowned innovator and teacher of family and strategic therapy and one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy. She has authored nine books that are classics in the field: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way Mirror; Sex, Love, and Violence; The Secret Meaning of Money; The Violence of Men; The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker; Relationship Breakthrough; Changing Relationships; and Not By Accident. She has presented her work at professional conferences all over the world and has given keynote addresses for The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; the National Association of Social Workers, The Erickson Foundation, the California Psychological Association and many other national and international conferences. Madanes has won several awards for distinguished contribution to psychology and has counseled out- standing individuals from all walks of life.

Nancy McWilliams is Visiting Professor Emerita at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology and has a private practice in Lambertville, NJ. She is the author of Psychoanalytic Diagnosis (1994; rev. ed. 2011), Psychoanalytic Case Formulation (1999), Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2004), and Psychoanalytic Supervision (2021), all with Guilford Press. She has edited, co-authored, or contributed to several other books, and is Associate Editor of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (2006; 2nd ed. 2017). A former president of APA’s Division of Psychoanalysis, she is on the editorial board of Psychoanalytic Psychology.
Awards include Gradiva Prizes for best clinical book (1999 and 2022), ABAP Annual Book Prize (2021), Erikson Scholar position (2016), Goethe Scholarship Award (2012), Rosalee Weiss Award for contributions to practice (2004), Laughlin Distinguished Teacher Award (2007), Hans Strupp Award for teaching, practice, and writing (2014), and Division 39 awards for Leadership (2005), Scholarship (2012), and International Academic Excellence (2021). She has appeared in three APA videos of master therapists and was a plenary speaker for the 2015 APA convention.
A graduate of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Dr. McWilliams is also affiliated with the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey and is a Trustee of the Austen Riggs Center. She is an honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Moscow Psychoanalytic Society, Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Turin, Italy, and Warsaw Scientific Association for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Her writings are available in 20 languages, and she has taught in 30 countries.

William R. Miller, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, where he served as Director of Clinical Training. He has published over 450 professional articles and chapters and 70 books including Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (2021), Motivational Interviewing (4th edition, 2023), Eight Ways to Hope: Charting a Path through Uncertain Times (2024), Rethinking Drinking: Making the RIght Choice for You (2026), and The Person-centered Path: From Individual Growth to Collective Change (2027). The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him among the world’s most cited scientists.