Lynn D. Miller, Ph. D., R. Psych., is an Associate Professor in the Education and Counseling Psychology and Special Education department at UBC.
She started her career as a classroom teacher, and then worked as a school counselor K-12. She has several research grants, including a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant, examining the effects of empirically supported approaches to child anxiety in the public school system.
She is a consultant to the FRIENDS program, an evidence-based curriculum based on cognitive behaviour principles, targeting anxiety available to all grade 4-5 students in BC. She has conducted research on other models of anxiety prevention programs in schools, including Taming Worry Dragons, Skills for Social and Academic Success, Cool Little Kids, as well as an enhanced program for Aboriginal children.
As the Myrne Nevison Prevention Research Professor, she is currently investigating anxiety at the entry to school in grades kindergarten and one.
She is President of the Anxiety Disorders Assoc. of Canada, 2010-2013, and recently completed her term serving as the President of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (2004-2006).