Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Center for Clinical Excellence, an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavior health. Dr. Miller conducts workshops and training in the United States and abroad, helping hundreds of agencies and organizations, both public and private, to achieve superior results. He is one of a handful of "invited faculty" whose work, thinking, and research is featured at the prestigious "Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference." His humorous and engaging presentation style and command of the research literature consistently inspires practitioners, administrators, and policy makers to make effective changes in service delivery.

Scott is the author of numerous articles and co-author of Working with the Problem Drinker: A Solution Focused Approach (with Insoo Berg [Norton, 1992]), The "Miracle" Method: A Radically New Approach to Problem Drinking (with Insoo Kim Berg [Norton, 1995]), Finding the Adult Within: A Solution-Focused Self-Help Guide (with Barbara McFarland [Brief Therapy Center Press, 1995]), Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Foundations, Applications, and Research (with Mark Hubble and Barry Duncan [Jossey-Bass, 1996]), Escape from Babel: Toward a Unifying Language for Psychotherapy Practice (with Barry Duncan and Mark Hubble [Norton, 1997]), Psychotherapy with Impossible Cases: Efficient Treatment of Therapy Veterans (with Barry Duncan and Mark Hubble [Norton, 1997]), The Heart and Soul of Change (with Mark Hubble and Barry Duncan [APA Press, 1999] and Bruce Wampold [2nd Edition, 2009]), The Heroic Client: A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy (with Barry Duncan [Jossey-Bass, 2000], and Jacqueline Sparks [Revised, 2004]), and the forthcoming Achieving Clinical Excellence: Lessons from the Field's Most Effective Practitioners.

Daryl Chow

Daryl Chow, PhD is a Senior Associate and Certified trainer with the International Center for Clinical Excellence. In his home country Singapore, Daryl worked as a senior psychologist in the Institute for Mental Health, Woodbridge Hospital, as well as in the Early Psychosis Intervention Program (EPIP). He provided psychotherapy services for inpatient and outpatient contexts, training, consultations, and clinical supervision. In addition, he spearheaded and collaborated in clinical researches involving psychotherapy outcomes, effects of training clinicians in Difficult Conversations in Therapy (DCT), and voice hearing experiences. (see darylchow.com for list of publications).

Daryl is a co-editor and contributing author to the book The Write to Recovery: Personal Stories & Lessons About Recovery From Mental Health Concerns, a heart-felt collective of client’s journey of their struggles and recovery process, interweaved with mental health professionals who were part of the healing process. Click here for a preview of the introductory chapter, The Right to Recovery.

He is currently based in Western Australia, working with a group of vibrant private practitioners (Specialist Psychological Outreach Team, SPOT) located in Fremantle, WA. As part of his Ph.D., Daryl has been researching the area the development and practices of highly effective psychotherapists, alongside with Scott D. Miller, PhD co-authors of the forthcoming Reach: Pushing Your Clinical Performance to the Next Level. Among other studies, they are also collaborating on another research pertaining to the mindset of psychotherapists across the world.

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