At the end of my sophomore year at Brigham Young University, I was faced with an important decision. My academic "Plan A" was to get into BYU's highly competetive animation program. But with about a 10% acceptance rate, I knew I needed a Plan B. So I enrolled in a family studies course for the following Fall semester to see if that might spark an interest and lead to something. I ended up falling in love with the subject matter and dedicated myself to studying families and relationships.
After completing my master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, I decided that I wanted to focus more on teaching young people principles of successful relationships. To borrow a phrase from one of my MFT instructors, I wanted to work upstream where the waters were still clear and hopefully keep them that way.
Areas of Expertise
Marital relationships
Family dynamics
Marriage and family therapy
Subjects Taught
FSHD 237: Close Relationships
FSHD 257: Family Dynamics
FSHD 405: Intro to Counseling Theories
FSHD 487: Advanced Family Dynamics (focusing on theories of family studies)