Mick Mayhew is trained, licensed and experienced in Marital and Family Therapy, a systems approach to assessing, diagnosing and treating hurting individuals within encumbered relationships. He is capable of teaching, advising and mentoring students in the theories, research methodologies and application of human service and human development.
He holds a Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy from Iowa State University and master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from North Dakota State University. He holds licensure and Approved Supervisory status with the Minnesota Licensure Board of Marriage and Family Therapy and holds Clinical Member status with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Much of his clinical practice was with individuals and families in outpatient clinical and day treatment settings.
Mick has teaching, advising and research theses supervision experience at the graduate student level at university settings. Most of this work has been in the development and maintenance of a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Mick provides clinical service to individuals, couples and families while supervising and training practicum students and post-graduate professionals at the Center for Family Counseling in St. Cloud.
His research interests have been focused on the reconciliation of human differences within simple, complex, diverse and technological systems amid a rapidly changing industrial world. Likewise, he served as a postdoctoral research associate to examine Social and Emotional Learning (i.e., social intelligence) and School-Family Partnerships.