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About Miles Wagman

Miles Wagman, MSW, LCSW, LMFT

Throughout my 40-year career, I have had many clinical experiences that have shaped my understanding of people and relationships. For most of my career, my continuing education has focused on family systems—specifically marriages—learning and incorporating research findings and new techniques to help people manage life’s challenges.

Curriculum Vitae

State Licenses And Membership In Professional Associations

New Jersey State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (License ##44SC00365300)
New Jersey State Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (License #FI00077400)
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
Collaborative Divorce Professionals
Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group

Education

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, DC 1974-1976
(The National Catholic School of Social Services)
Degree: M.S.W.

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC 1970-1974
(The College of Arts and Sciences)
Degree: B.A., Psychology

Continuing Education

Divorce Mediation Training, NJ Association of Professional Mediators, May 2019

Collaborate Law Training, Woodbridge, NJ July 2008

MEDIATION TRAINING INSTITUTE, Winston-Salem, NC June 1984
Post-Graduate Workshop in Family Mediation

MASTERS AND JOHNSON INSTITUTE, St. Louis, MO
Advanced Workshop in Human Sexual Dysfunction – June 1980
Postgraduate Workshop in Human Sexual Function and Dysfunction – August 1979

Experience

THE RELATIONSHIP CENTER, RED BANK, NJ 1979-Present

Private Practice in Psychotherapy & Marriage & Family Therapy

Areas of specialization include:

  • Marital Therapy
  • Collaborative Divorce
  • Co-parenting Therapy
  • Divorce Mediation
  • Individual Psychotherapy

RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER, Red Bank, NJ 1977-1994

Coordinator of Emergency Services, 1981-1994
Crisis Intervention Specialist, 1977-1981

Coordinator of Emergency Services, 1981-1994
Functioning in an administrative capacity, oversee the operation of the psychiatric emergency service, comprising the Crisis Unit and Helpline. The purpose of these programs is to provide immediate response to psychiatric emergencies on a 24-hour basis.
Responsibilities include staffing, scheduling and clinical supervision of the professional and paraprofessional staff of 25 in the psychiatric emergency service; assist in the preparation of the emergency service budget (400,000); involved in collection of data necessary to satisfy federal and state funding requirements; act as liaison between the public and the professional community; involvement with regular consultation and education functions in the community.
Crisis Intervention Specialist, 1977-1981
Provided psychiatric emergency services in the Crisis Unit. Primary responsibilities involved the evaluation of patients who presented themselves in psychiatric crisis to the emergency room of Riverview Medical Center.

CPC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, Eatontown, NJ 1981-1994

Clinical Consultant, 1988-1994
Coordinator of Emergency Services, 1981-1988

Clinical Consultant, 1988-1994
Provide consultation to clinical and administrative staff in a specialized outpatient program designed for adolescents at risk for psychiatric hospitalization. In addition, provide consultation in the development of a new program focusing on providing emergency treatment for adolescents and families in crisis.
Coordinator of Emergency Services, 1981-1988
The Crisis Unit and Helpline were jointly administered by Riverview Medical Center and CPC Mental Health Services during this period. My responsibilities as Coordinator were the same as stated above. In addition, I served as a liaison between the administrative staff at CPC Mental Health Services and Riverview Medical Center.

PRINCE GEORGE’S GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER 1976-1977

Cheverly, MD

Clinical Social Worker
Provided crisis intervention and counseling services to terminal patients and their families in an acute care medical setting; member of the Vulnerable Child Consultation Team, a multi-disciplinary team which focused on the recognition and evaluation of abused and neglected children and their families; extensive liaison work with agencies in the community.