Bob is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. He teaches Motivational Interviewing as an adjunct faculty member at Salve Regina University, Rhode Island College, and previously at the University of Massachusetts Boston; he is also a consultant with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center at Brown University and works as a Motivational Interviewing coder for a nationally-recognized coding lab. Bob is the lead trainer for Jope Consulting Services, has taught Motivational Interviewing at agencies all over New England, and consults internationally on teaching and coding the method.
Holding a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, Bob has worked in the mental health, child welfare, and substance abuse fields for the past twenty-five years. Bob has also developed and taught program-specific MI training applications, and has trained thousands of people in various levels of Motivational Interviewing.
Bob has extensive experience facilitating both live and virtual trainings in a variety of content areas, facilitating support groups and group therapy, and supporting programs and agencies to adopt and sustain evidence-based practices.