Jonnae Tillman is in her 19th year as a trainer, researcher, and consultant in Motivational Interviewing (M.I.). and is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers), an international organization committed to research, training, and practice.
Dr. Tillman is the Director of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program at Seattle University, with undergraduate degrees in psychology and addiction medicine, a master’s degree as a psychiatric nurse practitioner (PMHNP) and earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Seattle University. She has trained and coached emergency department practitioners at NYU / Bellevue Hospital, Miami’s Jackson Memorial, and Massachusetts General in Boston. She designs trainings for Nurse Family Partnership, Washington State Department of Corrections, Migrant Head Start, and domestic violence prevention agencies. For her doctoral research, Jonnae investigated the role of NP’s in medication-assisted-treatment (MAT.)