Dr. Erica Miller, our director, is a New York and New Jersey State licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in neuropsychological assessment and evidenced-based treatments. Throughout her career, Dr. Miller has focused on helping youth and their families develop positive experiences towards learning, advocating for their academic and socio-emotional needs. Working with students who present with challenging emotional and learning behaviors, she is skilled at integrating practical and research-based recommendations to support students and families both at home and in school. She brings a genuine sense of curiosity as well as an accessible and collaborative style to all her interactions. In addition to her role as director at Connected Minds NYC, she is the co-founder of Successful School Transitions, an adjunct associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and a trained Good Inside coach. 

As a mother of two children, Dr. Miler understands the difficulties that parents face when making decisions that affect their children’s future. Thus, her primary goal is to help parents better understand their child and to empower parents to meet their child’s needs with connection and empathy. When working directly with youth, she strives to develop insight into their strengths and challenges and guide them on how to best advocate for themselves in academic, workplace, and relationship spheres by incorporating play and real world practice with actionable strategies.

Dr. Miller obtained her doctorate degree in School Psychology from Teachers College Columbia University, in New York City. She completed an externship at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, and her pre-doctoral training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in their child/adolescent program, working in their outpatient and day treatment programs. There, she provided evidenced-based therapy to parents/infants, children, and adolescents as well as comprehensive neuropsychological assessments.  She completed her post-doctoral training as a fellow in Pediatric Neuropsychology at Brooklyn Learning Center where she continued on to become a supervising psychologist. Dr. Miller was also the upper school psychologist and Upper School Clinical Director at The Quad Preparatory School.

Featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Staten Island Parent, and Dr. Sara Bren’s podcast.