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Kenneth E. Miller Ph.D.

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Kenneth E. Miller, Ph.D., is the Edith Lando Professor in Counselling for Refugee and Immigrant Youth and Families at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is the author of War Torn: Stories of Courage, Love, and Resilience (Larson Publications, 2016) and co-editor of The Mental Health of Refugees (Routledge, 2004). He has worked with refugees and other war-affected populations since 1991, as a researcher, clinician, consultant, and filmmaker. Ken has an online psychotherapy and coaching practice and writes about mindfulness and the science of helping relationships.

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5 Things That Make a Therapist Effective

Being a psychotherapist or counselor can be extremely rewarding. Research can help you decide if this is a good career for you and what to look for in a graduate program.

Being a psychotherapist or counselor can be extremely rewarding. Research can help you decide if this is a good career for you and what to look for in a graduate program.

What a 30 Foot Climbing Fall Taught Me About Gratitude

A 30 foot climbing fall taught me what researchers have discovered about gratitude: it can be a powerful antidote to despair, and can foster a greater sense of wellbeing.

A 30 foot climbing fall taught me what researchers have discovered about gratitude: it can be a powerful antidote to despair, and can foster a greater sense of wellbeing.

Can Mindfulness Improve the Mental Health of Refugees?

Research shows that simple mindfulness practices can improve mental health and strengthen parenting among refugees from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Research shows that simple mindfulness practices can improve mental health and strengthen parenting among refugees from diverse cultural backgrounds.

A Simple Way to Become Less Anxious and More Self-Accepting

This simple technique for bringing gentle awareness to our inner experience can help us transform avoidance and distraction into greater ease, self-acceptance, and aliveness.

This simple technique for bringing gentle awareness to our inner experience can help us transform avoidance and distraction into greater ease, self-acceptance, and aliveness.

How Can We Support the Wellbeing of Ukrainian Refugees?

Lessons from other refugee crises can strengthen our response to the mental health and psychosocial needs of Ukrainians.

Lessons from other refugee crises can strengthen our response to the mental health and psychosocial needs of Ukrainians.

Want to Improve Mental Health? Reducing Poverty is Key

Poverty is a major cause of psychological suffering around the world. To improve mental health in a powerful way, we need to reduce poverty, not just treat its effects.

Poverty is a major cause of psychological suffering around the world. To improve mental health in a powerful way, we need to reduce poverty, not just treat its effects.