Introduction
Sean is a professor of family therapy in the Couple and Family Therapy program, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Sacramento, California.
Career
Sean earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Family Science at Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2000, followed by a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy at BYU 2 years later. From there, he received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human Development with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) at Virginia Tech in 2005. He completed his doctoral internship and postdoctoral training as a visiting faculty member in the University of Kentucky’s MFT program from 2004 to 2006. Dr. Davis’ first core assistant professor faculty appointment was in the MFT program at Alliant International University’s Sacramento campus in 2006. He was the Sacramento campus MFT program director from 2008 to 2013, during which time he started their MFT doctoral program. He was promoted to associate...
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Piercy, F. (2016). Davis, Sean. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_692-1
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