The Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) has been my professional “home” since 1998, when I joined by attending a trainer’s-training led by MI founders William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. There I learned how to present MI workshops that are lively, interactive, and, most importantly, effective. I have worked with providers across a wide range of settings, populations, and professional disciplines.
As an active MINT member, I keep up with the most current developments in MI research, practice, and training so that I can bring you the most up-to-date information and methods for effective implementation. In addition to Motivational Interviewing, my other training topics include Stages of Change, Principles of Habit Change, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for lifestyle change, Relapse Prevention, and Telephone Continuing Care.
I have over 25 years of experience doing research evaluating innovative applications of cognitive-behavior therapy and motivational interviewing in the treatment of substance use disorders. My work in the research world has focused on the “clinical” aspects of clinical research in the addictions: developing treatment manuals for NIH and VA funded studies, supervising study therapists, evaluating treatment fidelity, writing about treatment process in treatment outcome studies, and, of course, treating patients.
I received my Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1993. I recently spent a year at Recovery Centers of America developing a corporate-wide system for evaluating clinical outcomes. Prior to that, I was at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry for 18 years. There I collaborated on studies testing the effectiveness of telephone-based continuing care for patients with alcohol and cocaine dependence, and co-authored Telephone Continuing Care Therapy for Adults, published by Hazelden in 2010. I currently have a private psychotherapy practice in Marlton, NJ.
Full CV and training references are available by request. Email me or call me at (856) 905-5261 for more information.