Jayson “J.D.” Miller
Jayson Miller (they/them) is an EMDR and TF-CBT trained, neurodivergent affirming therapist, supervisor, trainer, and founder of the Identity & Acceptance Program. Jayson is currently the Director of the NY Foundling’s Identity & Acceptance program, an Article 31 clinic to provide mental health services to support LGBTQIA+ youth through individual, group, and/or family therapy across all boroughs of New York City.
Jayson has been creating safer spaces, advocating for, and working to update policies to be more inclusive for the LGBTQIA+ community since 2008, while outwardly identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community since 2006. Their personal life experience as a queer and gender expansive individual has led them to understanding some of the struggles with access to LGBTQIA+ competent treatment and services, as well as challenges that youth may have around their sexual orientation and/or gender identity/expression.
Education
New York University
Master of Human Development Research & Policy
Expected graduation Spring 2025
Columbia School of Social Work
Master of Social Work
City University of New York - Brooklyn
Bachelor of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work
Triple Minor in Human Sexualities, Counseling, and LGBTQ+ Studies
Licenses, Trainings & Certifications
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2 (ADOS-2)
Center for Autism and the Developing Brain
Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS)
Evergreen Certifications
Scalable Psychopathology InteRvention Intensive Training for ID & ASD (SPIRIT-ID ASD)
Stony Brook University (SPIRIT-ID-ASD)
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Trained
EMDR International Association
Culturally Modified TF-CBT Certification
Medical University of South Carolina
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
State of New York Education Department
Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity Certification
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Family Engagement and Acceptance Training
(Year-long didactic and clinical training in family engagement and family therapy with families of transgender and gender non-conforming youth)
Ackerman Institute for the Family: The Gender & Family Project
Training-of-Trainers (ToT)
The Transgender Training Institute
The LGBTQ Institute for Family Therapy (LIFT) Certification
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Motivational Interviewing
PESI
Nurturing Parenting Facilitator
Nurturing Parenting Program
Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certificate
Medical University of South Carolina
Trauma Systems Therapy
The New York Foundling
Licensed Master of Social Work
State of New York Education Department
“Your resources have helped me so much, and my family to accept [youth]. [Youth] is thriving in ways they haven’t…maybe ever. Thank you thank you thank you!”
– Family member of LGBTQ+ youth
“I’ve had therapists before, but none who actually identified like me. That’s really cool. You get things I don’t have to overly explain or feel weird for feeling.”
- Client
“I’m so glad that [provider] referred us to you. I want to be supportive but there’s some things I am struggling to get.”
- Caregiver during intake