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• Behavioral Medicine & Health Psychology: Specializing in psychological interventions for chronic illness management, health behavior change, and physical-mental health integration.
• Health Psychology Outcomes: ongoing interest and investigation into applied behavioral medicine strategies that improve health outcomes for chronic disease and polychronic patients.
• in the treatment of a variety of mental health disorders with special expertise in health psychology and addictions treatment.
• More than twenty years of counseling experience in leading both Individual Counseling and Group Counseling interventions as well as psychological testing. Extensive experience with a variety of mental health disorders with special attention to health psychology and addiction treatment.
• Sport Psychology: Applied psychological strategies to enhance performance, resilience, and mental well-being in athletics, behavioral interventions, and clinical counseling practice.

• Interdisciplinary Commentary: Co-Author, “Sacred Wisdom: An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Book of Proverbs (2023)
• Interdisciplinary Commentary: Co-Author, “Fear God and Keep His Commandments”
• Peer-Reviewed Journals: Various journal articles and contributions focused on Health Psychology, behavioral interventions, and clinical counseling practice.
• Health and Sport Psychology Previous Research Grants: 2 year research study on Working with treatment resistant patient with Diabetes utilizing psychological interventions to lower HbA1c scores
• Currently pursuing a research grant with Poly Chronic patients to lower hospital readmission rates with patients who are moderate to high risk

• American Counseling Association
• Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor (LCAC)
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

• Co-Author of the Interdisciplinary Commentary titled, “Fear God and keep His Commandments. Journal Articles related to Health Psychology.

• Otis R. Bowen Award for Service (2019) – Recognized for outstanding community institutional service.
• McClain Award for Teaching Excellence (2013) – Awarded for Excellence in Teaching

I love all things baseball including baseball history and I have traveled to all but six major league parks. I enjoy hiking with my family and coaching youth sports.

“Developing deep, meaningful relationships with students at Grace—mentoring them both academically and spiritually as they discover their calling in behavioral science and counseling.”