Kathryn S. Miller, LCSW, RPT

Kathy is a qualified child and family psychotherapist who is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Registered Play Therapist (RPT), and Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI). She has clinical expertise in treating general anxiety in children, as well as helping families affected by early childhood stressors including trauma or abuse, adoption, loss, divorce, or maternal postpartum depression. She incorporates play therapy and expressive arts with structured evidence based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

Kathy earned her Bachelor’s in Psychology at Susquehanna University,followed by her Master’s in Social Work at Rutgers University. She holds a current license to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), is a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) through the national Association for Play Therapy (APT), and is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI) through the International Loving Touch Foundation (ILTF).

Kathy also holds professional affiliations with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), PA Society for Clinical Social Work (PSCSW), the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), and the Association for Play Therapy (APT).

Kathy has experience treating complex trauma in children and families in the public sector and providing court testimony in the family court system. She also has several years of experience in managed care serving as a consultant to treatment providers, addressing quality of care issues, supporting evidence based practice training initiatives, and assisting with program development.

Kathy also has personal experience with being internationally adopted, which has been a large inspiration for her creating her private practice, Healing with Play, LLC.

Treatment Approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Family Systems Therapy

Play Therapy

Psychodynamic

Treatment Modality

Family

Group

Individuals

Mental Health

Impulse Control Disorders

Mood Disorders

Issues

Adoption

Anger Management

Anxiety or Fears

Attention Deficit

Behavioral issues

Child or Adolescent

Chronic Impulsivity

Consulting

Coping skills

Depression

Developmental Disorders

Divorce

Domestic Abuse

Domestic Violence

Emotional Disturbance

Family Conflict

LCSW Supervision

Loss or Grief

Parenting

Peer Relationships

Relationship issues

Self Esteem

Sexual Abuse

Trauma and PTSD