Joan graduated with a BA in Humanities/Spanish from The Ohio State University and received a Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Joan has over 15 years experience providing behavioural health, leadership, team-building and personal growth trainings and presentations which enhance professionals' expertise in many domains. Some of the professional populations with which Joan has presented workshops include; mental health, substance abuse, criminal justice, churches, businesses, non-profit and for-profit agencies, civic organisations, educational institutions, hospitals, clinics and others.
She has worked in a variety of settings including as Professional Trainer and Presenter of many different Behavioral Health Workshops as welll as personal growth and well-being coaching.
Motivational Interviewing is an expertise which Joan acquired in 2002 when she received training at the University of New Mexico by William Miller, PhD, and Caterina Yahni, and she has been presenting this collaborative approach to professionals since that time.
Joan has an energy and enthusiasm about this modality which engages the audience and teaches techniques in a fun, informative way. Joan has presented hundreds of these trainings to a vareity of professional audiences and in numerous agencies and settings and she customizes each Motivational Interviewing Training for teh specific audience.
Contact her today with any questions regarding training and coaching in this modality. You will be glad you did!
205.529.5565
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