Sean Davis
Personal Information
California School of Professional Psychology
Sacramento Campus
Site Director
Associate Professor
Alliant International University Sacramento
2030 West El Camino Ave., Suite 200
Sacramento CA 95833
916-561-3212
Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Interviewing Techniques
Sex Therapy in MFT
Couples Therapy
Advanced MFT Research II (Qualitative)
Practicum and Reflecting Practices
Parent/Child Therapy Techniques
Family Therapy Techniques
Human Sexuality
Introduction to Psychopathology
Common factors across effective MFT models; MFT training and supervision; commonalities of healthy and distressed couples; process and outcome research; observational research; bridging the scientist/practitioner gap in MFT
Davis, S. D. (2006). 2006 AAMFT Thesis/Dissertation Award (awarded $750 to assist AAMFT conference travel costs)., 2006-2006
Davis, S. D. (2005). 2005 AAMFT Graduate Student Research Award (awarded $2250 to offset dissertation research costs)., 2005
Davis, S. D. (2003). Dr. Michael Sporakowski Travel Grant. Department of Human Development, Virginia Tech (funded for $500)., 2003
Academic History and Background
PhD, Virginia Tech, 2005, 2005
Author or co-author of three of the five most cited articles of all articles published in the top-ranked Journal of Marital and Family Therapy during 2005-2008., 2008
More publications during 2007 in the top-ranked Journal of Marital and Family Therapy than any other researcher in the world., 2007
AAMFT Dissertation Award, a nationally competitive award for an outstanding completed dissertation. The first person in the history of AAMFT to win both the Dissertation and Graduate Student Research Awards. 9, 2006
AAMFT Graduate Student Research Award, a nationally competitive award for innovative dissertation research., 2005
Winner of a Brigham Young University academic scholarship, a competitive scholarship awarded to select members of the general student body based on outstanding academic achievement., 1999
Winner of the Utah Valley State College Behavioral Science departmental scholarship, a competitive, full tuition scholarship awarded to one person each year., 1997
Maintained standing on the high honor roll, Utah Valley State College., 1997
Salutatorian, Escalante High School., 1993