| Dr. Richard Miller | |
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| Born | USA |
| Residence | Marin, California |
| Citizenship | United States Citizen |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Clinical Psychology |
Dr. Richard Louis Miller[1] is an American Clinical Psychologist, owner of Wilbur Hot Springs Health Sanctuary, and broadcaster who hosts the Mind Body Health & Politics[2] radio program, a syndicated radio talk show which airs on NPR affiliate[3] KZYX&Z FM & www.KZYX.org.[4]
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Dr. Richard Miller is Founder & CEO of Wilbur Hot Springs Health Maintenance Organization providing healing, prevention, and health maintenance.[5]
Dr. Miller, M.A., PhD., began the present Wilbur Hot Springs Sanctuary for the Self in 1972 combining the safety and security of the pristine Wilbur springs environment with a modern personal mind-body health philosophy emphasizing dignity and respect for all. He also revitalized the ancient healing method the Greeks called Balneology – the science of the therapeutic use of natural hot mineral waters.
As the Founder of the internationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, Miller integrated his techniques of humanistic psychology and psycho-physical fitness training with social model rehabilitation. During the 1980s, he helped detoxify over 1500 persons at Wilbur Hot Springs. Not one of these people was medicated or hospitalized during their residential treatment. Dr. Miller believes the professionally designed Wilbur ambiance and pristine environment, combined with the therapeutic qualities of the mineral hot springs were significant adjunct to his 86% two year success rate.
Dr. Miller’s innovative approaches to healing have been the subject of national television news reports (including segments on the news programs of Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, David Brinkley and Phil Donahue), print media (Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report), two film documentaries, and the book Gestalting Addiction.[6] In order to share information with the general public, he co-authored a weekly news column in the San Francisco Chronicle, while co-hosting a weekly syndicated radio program.
Dr. Miller has presented his work at national conferences of the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Psychotherapists and the White House Conference on Drugs.
He has spent 50 years studying, teaching, researching, administering and practicing psychology, health education, psychotherapy and Executive Consulting. His experiences include:
In addition to continuing his professional work in psychology [1], and performing his ongoing role as “Wilbur Caretaker,” Dr. Miller currently hosts a weekly radio program, “Mind Body Health & Politics,”[9] on NPR affiliate KZYX & Z radio [10] in Mendocino County. Known for its wide ranging discussions on politics and health, the show's format includes guest interviews, guest speakers, and listener call in. Dr. Miller's website for the show [2] offers a forum & soundboard for the listeners to interact with the show and its guests.[11]
In 1992, while motorcycling, Dr Miller was hit head on by another vehicle. In the resulting accident, a Winnebago recreational vehicle ran him over, and completely crushed both of his legs. In the emergency room he talked the attending physician out of amputating his legs, which led to a 15 hour surgery attempting to save his legs. This was the first of 6 surgeries to regain full function of his lower limbs. While In intensive care, Dr. Miller devised methods of coping with the psychological trauma, using visual imagery to aid the healing process. With the expectation of being paraplegic and using a wheelchair, he began rehabilitating himself by doing "wheel chair laps" around the hospital ward. As soon as he began walking on crutches, he strapped them onto a motorcycle, drove back to the scene of his accident, and made retraced the original multiple times in an attempt to remove the trauma from his mind, replacing it with "a perfect ride". Using special T bar crutches, he went on the complete 2 triathlons including swimming in San Francisco Bay. He used the same crutches to run the 7 mile Golden Gate Bridge to Bay Bridge run in San Francisco with his marathon buddy Wayne Greene. Dr. Miller used this life changing event to deepen his understanding of himself and those suffering Posttraumatic stress disorder. The implementation of those lessons soon followed, where he created a simple maxim, "Limits are self imposed, and one needs to always be cautious of accepting the limitations imposed by others."
Marathon runner, Triathlete, Endurance swimmer, Downhill skier, Motorcyclist, Cessna pilot, bridge/poker/chess player, pistol marksman, classic car collector,