I am a licensed psychologist and currently am an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA. I also serve in uniform for the Army National Guard as a clinical psychologist. On the teaching side, I teach and train clinical social work students in motivational interviewing, psychopathology, research methods and program evaluation. On the research side, my current interests are military service member help-seeking behavior and veteran suicide prevention. On the clinical side, I work with military service members and with adults, couples and adolescents in independent practice. Through my independent practice, I provide training in motivational interviewing and assessment skills as well as consutlation on outcomes measurement and program evaluation.
I had the opportunity to receive initial training and supervision in MI in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA during my predoctoral internship at the Southwest Consortium Predoctoral Psychology Internship program. Subsequently, I attended a training put on by Bill Miller and Teresa Moyers at Flag Is Up Farms in Solvang, California, USA (where "horse whisperer" Monte Roberts trains in his "join up" method, which is very analogous to MI). I completed my Training for New Trainers (TNT) and was admitted to the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in October, 2017 in Malahide, Ireland. I currently teach a graduate level class in MI and I provide ongoing training, consultation and coaching in MI skills/MI spirit to a variety of mental health and educational organizations.
