AnnouncementsThe Spring Student On-Campus Intensive Seminar (Jan. 28-30) agenda is now available! We have three guest faculty: Scott D. Miller, Ph.D., presenting on “What Works in Therapy”; Robert Rhode, Ph.D., presenting “Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare”; and special guest David Baker, Ph.D., who is director of the Archives of the History of American Psychology and attending to document the new DBH program for the Archives. Read More Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce a contract with Arizona State University’s Doctor of Behavioral Health Program to disseminate Pro-Change resources to students. Read More MyOutcomes is pleased to announce a contract with ASU’s Doctor of Behavioral Health Program to disseminate MyOutcomes resources to students. Read More |
Application ProcessThe Doctor of Behavioral Health program is now accepting applications for the fall 2010 semester. In order to begin the application process, please follow this link “How to Apply to the DBH program.” If you have questions about the application process, please contact the DBH administrative assistant, Candace Kistner, at (602) 496-1354 or candace.kistner@asu.edu. If you would like to speak with the DBH program director about the program, please e-mail Ron O’Donnell at Ronald.ODonnell@asu.edu or contact Candace if you would like to schedule a teleconference. The DBH program will not be enrolling students in the spring 2010 semester.
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About the ProgramThe School of Letters and Sciences is pleased to announce the Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree program, funded by Nicholas A. Cummings, a pioneer in promoting the practice of brief, focused therapy and integrated behavioral care. The DBH is offered by the School of Letters and Sciences on the Downtown Phoenix campus. There is emerging consensus that health-care reform proposals will lead to evidence-based, brief therapy interventions in primary care settings. Many primary care patients have untreated behavioral conditions that lead to increased medical costs as patients visit their PCP, are referred to specialists, and have extensive lab work when effective brief behavioral treatment can resolve many of these complaints. Yet traditional training for behavioral clinicians does not prepare them with the clinical, medical, and business skills necessary to take advantage of this emerging opportunity in the health-care marketplace. Read More |
Director’s Message
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The Doctor of Behavioral Health is the culmination of Dr. Nicholas Cummings’ vision of creating a doctoral training program tailored to the emerging need for innovative behavioral clinicians to practice in primary care and medical settings. The DBH curriculum and practicum are designed to offer a unique blend of evidence-based behavioral interventions, medical literacy, health systems, and entrepreneurship skills that will meet the needs of the health-care, reform-driven marketplace. The explicit goal of this program is to graduate clinicians who can deliver and document interventions that produce clinical and functional improvement, patient and provider satisfaction, and cost-savings by decreasing overuse of medical resources and the cost of lost productivity to employers. We believe that an upgrade to a doctorate for master’s-level clinicians based on this unique foundation of skills will result in graduates being highly valued in a marketplace that is searching for cost-effective care.