About
Rick Miller, LICSW, is a psychotherapist with over 37 years of clinical experience whose career has evolved beyond practicing psychotherapy into becoming an acclaimed expert in interpersonal dynamics.
Clients and institutions he works with report tremendous satisfaction with their results as a result of his focus on the experiential aspects of day-to-day life and the enhancement of interpersonal connections. Attendees at his speaking engagements consistently rate him higher than most speakers based on his approachable style and inspiring messages.
He is also an author, business consultant, public speaker, and teacher working with individuals and groups across the globe.
He helps clients and audiences learn how to make life more fulfilling by paying particular attention to feelings and using one’s internal body experiences to achieve success. He emphasizes that everyone has every resource they need within themselves by utilizing this awareness rather than pushing it aside.
As a gay man, Rick uses a warm, relational style drawing on his own experiences to create a distinctive model for his clients emphasizing a practical, holistic approach. This paradigm gives attention to the unique ways gay men experience pain, their shared developmental challenges, and experiential opportunities to build comfort and alignment between mind and body. Not only has he written extensively on this topic, he has taught and inspired psychotherapists and medical professionals all over the world.
Rick is a pioneer in creating mind/body and hypnotic scripts for gay men, has trained medical and mental-health providers how to create and use them, and wrote the first-ever book on the topic.
Rick has brought this same model of enhancing richness in interpersonal interactions to the nonprofit organization he founded and of which he is executive director, Gay Sons and Mothers, educating groups, businesses, and individuals about the unique and powerful influence mothers have on their gay sons.
He’s also founded a series for clinicians, Secrets of the Masters, in which he interviews noted authorities in informal settings.
During TEDx Provincetown: Hyperlocal, Rick presented "The Mother Factor: Acceptance Works Both Ways.” Starting with the understanding of the role of mothers in their gay sons’ lives, he expanded the subject matter to embrace all mothers. Wether they were supportive and nurturing, or nonsupportive and rejecting, we all have to make some sort of peace with the mothers in our lives.
Rick Miller’s inspiring interview with psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel. Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around the world.
He is a recipient of the Greatest Contribution to Social Work Practice award from the National Association of Social Workers.
A partial list of clients and teaching venues includes the Yale/New Haven Health System's Department of Diversity and Inclusion, Esther Perel Sessions, Harvard University Medical School, Psychology Today, and interviews with The New York Times.
He is the author of two books, writes a regular column for Psychology Today, and is a sought-after interviewee for a plethora of podcasts, articles, and videos. His own articles appear in major professional and popular publications.
What People Are Saying
“I could listen to Rick all day long... his generosity, his content, his voice turns stone into water, and reminds us all about the importance of humanity.”
“Rick Miller gave an amazing presentation. It was truly a session of learning and healing, we can’t thank Rick enough for this spectacular presentation! His talk rated the highest score of any of our speakers. His work needs to be heard all over the world!”
“Thank you so much for your time and wisdom today. I thought the session was engaging, insightful and informative and exceeded my expectation with some rich listening and learning. We so appreciate your wisdom and compassion.”
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