David is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. His career experience includes military service, management and executive positions and international business consulting. His undergraduate degree is from BYU and his Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy is from Northcentral University, a COAMFTE approved program. He was inducted into two honor societies for academic and clinical excellence. David is enrolled in NCU’s PhD/MFT program. During his Master’s program he was mentored by Steve Allred, with a broad range of client ages and issues. He serves as the SGPD Chaplain (board certified) to reduce the impact to personnel and citizens from significant trauma experiences. He has lived in every U.S. time zone and abroad and appreciates diversity. David is married to his “girlfriend”, Diane. Together, they call their 7 children, their spouses/partners and 4 grandchildren their immediate family.He is currently an assistant professor of marriage and family therapy and the new program director of the Marriage & Family Therapy program at the University of Houston – Clear Lake.