Steve Davidson, PhD

Steve Davidson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, with a doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego. His major area of study was clinical psychology, and his minor area of study was organizational psychology.

In 2000, his monograph was published, describing a new model of personality and of personality change based on the field of operations. He is now working on a book for general publication describing “the operations model of personality” for therapists and coaches.

Dr. Davidson has worked in a variety of clinical settings with both adults and adolescents, and has been the supervisor of a unit in a psychiatric hospital. He has helped establish a county mental health court, and a county training program on addiction management.

He is in private practice in Newport Beach, and specializes in testing and treating anxiety, depression, and AD/HD, as well as other disorders of impulse control.

Applying the Principles of Motivational Interviewing to Ourselves

Written By: Steve Davidson, PhD Date: October 16th, 2012. Topic: Behavioral Health.

By Steve Davidson, PhD One of the most popular current forms of addiction treatment is Motivational Interviewing (MI), developed by Drs. Bill Miller and Stephen Rollnick. The MI system seems comfortable and useful for both therapists and clients. But we may also ask: “Can I apply the same principles to myself?” Many of the most [...]

Motivational Interviewing

Written By: Steve Davidson, PhD Date: February 10th, 2011. Topic: Addiction Medicine, Intervention.

One of the most fascinating things about addiction is that, although it has biological antecedents, it revolves around choice. A lot of people don’t know that. But AA knows that. AA almost never says, “You must stop drinking, and you must follow our program”, as if AA had some kind of external leverage to make [...]