I am a clinical psychologist who has dedicated the past 30 years to motivational interviewing (MI) intervention development, training and coaching, implementation, research, and practice. I've trained, coached, and mentored professionals from a wide variety of disciplines working in substance use, mental health, and healthcare settings, in person and virtually, across the US and internationally.
J'ai été membre de MINT since 1998. I served for nine years on MINT’s Board of Directors, including three years as Chair. I was Editor of the MINT bulletin et MINT’s online journal, Motivational Interviewing: Training, Research, Implementation, Practice (MITRIP). I've also chaired the MINT Trainer Development and Certification Workgroup, the MINT Practitioner Certification Committee, and the MINT Forum Program Planning Committee. In 2008 I co-led MINT's Training of New Trainers. In 2022 I was an organizer of ICMI 2022 (6th International Conference on Motivational Interviewing).
I spent the past decade as a senior leader in a healthcare services company, responsible for clinical innovation in design and execution of MI-based telehealth advance care planning and patient navigation programs, as well as the training and coaching of practitioners and supervisors. Before that I spent more than two decades as a clinician, teacher, and clinical researcher in the departments of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. My research focused on the development and testing of novel applications of MI, in particular when used to enhance treatment engagement and adherence. I oversaw intervention development, training, and fidelity monitoring for a dozen clinical trials of MI in substance use, mental health, and health behavior settings. I've presented widely at international, national, and regional meetings and published more than 40 articles and chapters on this work.
In 2015 I published the first self-guided MI book with Guilford Press, Trouver votre chemin vers le changement : comment le pouvoir de l'entretien motivationnel peut révéler ce que Vous Want and Help You Allez-y, which is also available in Dutch, Italian, and Spanish. You can find my Psychology Today blog exploring the science and practice of motivational interviewing at Alimenter le feu du changement.
