Professional Summary
Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard, was on faculty at the University of Massachusetts, and is currently a professor at York University in Toronto. Dr. Muller is a fellow and member of several scientific societies, and is the 2024 recipient of the Pierre Janet Award for his scholarship in the field of trauma. His most recent psychotherapy book, Trauma and the Struggle to Open Up was awarded the 2019 Written Media Award, for the year's best written work on trauma. And his award-winning bestseller, Trauma and the Avoidant Client has been translated widely. As lead investigator on several multi-site programs to treat interpersonal trauma, Dr. Muller has lectured internationally. He founded an online magazine, The Trauma & Mental Health Report, that is now visited by over 100,000 readers a year. With over 30 years in the field, he practices in Toronto.
General Information
Research Program
Lectures & Interviews
- Trauma Lecture, 2014 CAMH
- Trauma Lecture, 2022 ISSTD
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2015 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2017
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2017 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2018 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast II, 2018
- Trauma Therapy Podcast II, 2018 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2019
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2019 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast II, 2019
- Trauma Therapy Podcast II, 2019 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast III, 2019 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast IV, 2019
- Trauma Therapy Podcast IV, 2019 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast V, 2019
- Trauma Therapy Podcast V, 2019 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast VI, 2019 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast VII, 2019
- Trauma Therapy Podcast IX, 2019
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2020
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2020 (mirror)
- Trauma Therapy Podcast II, 2020
- Trauma Therapy Podcast, 2022
- Bullying & Trauma, Global radio interview 2018 (mirror)
- Family Secrets & Trauma, CBC interview 2018 (mirror)
- Book Interview I
- Book Interview II
- Book Interview III
Webinars
Blogs
Professional Links
Dr. Muller's Treatment Books


- Trauma and the Avoidant Client --W.W. Norton
- Trauma and the Avoidant Client --Amazon Books
- Trauma and the Avoidant Client --Caversham Books
- Trauma and the Struggle to Open Up --W. W. Norton
- Trauma and the Struggle to Open Up --Amazon Books
- Trauma and the Struggle to Open Up --Amazon Books Canada
- Trauma and the Struggle to Open Up --Amazon Books UK
Media Releases
- YFILE Story, April 8, 2019
- YFILE Story, July 8, 2018
- ISSTD, July 3, 2018
- Ryerson Radio Story, July 11, 2016
- YFILE Story, Feb. 1, 2013
- Media Release, Nov. 8, 2011
In the News
- Very Well Mind Story, April 27, 2022
- Input Story, July 6, 2021
- Business Insider Story, Oct. 25, 2020
- Holland Bloorview Rehab Hospital Blog, June 26, 2019
- Chatelaine Story, Jan. 29, 2019
- Business Insider Story, Feb. 16, 2017
- Therapy Blog, May 15, 2016
Upcoming Workshops

Clinical Development Area
Office: 120 BSB
Email: rmuller@yorku.ca