About
Frances Miller MSW, RSW draws upon close to 40 years of experience in Individual, Marital and Group Therapy. Professionally, she has a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto and memberships in the OASW (Ontario Association of Social Workers), the OCSWSSW (Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers). She is a certified Advanced Schema Therapist, and a Certified Schema Therapy Supervisor and Trainer.
Early in her career, Frances worked in children's mental health in Toronto and Scarborough, focusing on healthy parenting of teens and children, and trauma treatment. She participated in a multidisciplinary team approach to treatment with SASAT (Scarborough Agencies Sexual Abuse Team) and HSAP (Halton Sexual Abuse Program), with a particular interest in adult survivors of childhood abuse. She moved into private practice in Oakville in 1993, focusing on working with individuals (particularly with anxiety, depression and trauma related concerns), marital and parenting concerns. Frances currently offers Schema Therapy individually, in couples and groups addressing adult relationships/attachment issues, and is the owner and Director of the Oakville Schema Therapy Center.
Frances is the founder and director of Schema Therapy Training Canada. The STTC offers an ISST Accredited Certification program, as well as training webinars, supervision individually and in groups, and Experiential groups, both online and in the community. Our mission is to grow Schema therapy in Canada!