Motivational Interviewing: Guiding Patients Towards Positive Change

Valerie Hoover, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in California, adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a MINT Certified Motivational Interviewing trainer. Dr. Hoover completed her BA in Psychology at Temple University in 2004, and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Florida, Department of Public Health and Health Professions in 2014, where her research focused on behavioral interventions for maintaining long-term weight loss. She then completed a clinical internship at Rush University in Chicago with a focus on Clinical Health Psychology, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Primary Care Psychology at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. After completing her post-doctoral fellowship, she accepted a clinical faculty position at Stanford University, School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, where she was involved in clinical, research, and educational responsibilities from 2015 to 2022. Since 2022 Dr. Hoover has been serving as an adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. In addition to her private practice and adjunct clinical faculty involvement at Stanford, Dr. Hoover is also the owner of VJH Training & Consulting LLC, under which she provides training and consulting services to medical and behavioral health organizations seeking to train their healthcare workforce in Motivational Interviewing and related approaches.