- Source: Lisa Miller (psychologist)
Lisa Jane Miller is an American professor, researcher and clinical psychologist, best known as a research scholar on spirituality in psychology. Miller is a tenured professor at Columbia University, Teachers College in the Clinical Psychology Program and founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute.
Miller's research into the use of spirituality in renewal from addiction, depression, and struggle has been written about in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Early life and early career
Miller obtained a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Yale University and a doctorate under Martin Seligman, founder of the positive psychology movement, at the University of Pennsylvania.
Books
The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life (2021) ISBN 978-1-984-85562-6
The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving (2015) ISBN 978-1-250-03292-8
The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality (2012) ISBN 978-0-199-72992-0