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KEVIN B. SKINNER

Lindon

Summary

Experienced with clinical operations, program development, and patient care. Utilizes evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes and streamline processes. Track record of leading multidisciplinary teams with focus on quality and efficiency.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Director

ParentGuidance.org
01.2019 - Current
  • Create content for online support for parents
  • Monthly support for administrators, teachers, and parents for school districts throughout the United States
  • Meet with school superintendent’s throughout the United States
  • Present for school districts around the country

Instructor

International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP)
06.2016 - Current
  • Instructor — Training Module 2 for Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT)
  • Instructor — Training Module 2 for Certified Parter Trauma Therapist (CPTT)
  • Supervision for more than 350 licensed therapists around the world
  • Yearly training

Clinical director and supervisor

Addo Recovery
01.2013 - Current
  • Primary work with trauma and addiction. Training other therapists in our agency. Trained in EMDR, and EFT.

Clinical Director

Addo Recovery
11.2012 - Current
  • Supervising therapist
  • Clinician specializing in unwanted sexual behaviors and betrayal trauma
  • Online education support and classes (more than 40,000 participants)
  • Addo Certification Instructor

Private practice

KSkinner Corp.
01.2001 - Current
  • Supervising therapist. Provide therapy for individuals, couples, and families. I have also supervised and created educational classes for other clinicians. Completed over 20,000 clinical hours since 1995.

Internship

LDS Social Services
07.1998 - 12.1999
  • Responsibilities include: Providing therapy for individuals, couples, and families; attending staff meetings and providing feedback to local ecclesiastical leaders; training in MFT techniques.

Group supervisor and intake specialist

Affiliated Family Treatment Center
04.1997 - 08.1998
  • Responsibilities include: conducting anger management and addiction groups, doing initial intakes, and providing individual and marital counseling.

Therapist

Brigham Young University Comprehensive Clinic
09.1996 - 04.1998

Student Therapist

Internship Lutheran Family Services in Lincoln Nebraska
08.1995 - 08.1996
  • Responsibilities included: Providing therapy for individuals, couples, and families; attending staff meetings and providing feedback on family cases; working with Department of Social Services on special home-based cases.

Therapist in training

University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Clinic
01.1995 - 08.1996

Education

Ph.D. - Marriage and Family Therapy

Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
04.2000

M.S. - Marriage and Family Therapy

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
08.1996

B.S. - Family Science, Chinese

Brigham Young University
01.1994

Skills

  • Budget oversight
  • Clinical quality improvement
  • Employee performance evaluations
  • Resource coordination

Affiliations

  • Member: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
  • Member: IITAP—Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT)

Published Work

  • Rebuild Your Relationship after Sexual Betrayal: A Couples Guide to Healing, Skinner, K. B., 2023, KSkinner Corp.
  • Assessing the Validity of the Trauma Inventory for Partners of Sex Addicts (TIPSA), Heidi A. Vogeler, Lane Fischer, Jennie L. Bingham, Kristina S. W. Hansen, Melissa A. Heath, Aaron P. Jackson, Kevin B. Skinner, 2020, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 27, 1-2, 90-111, 10.1080/10720162.2020.1772158
  • Treating Sexual Addiction: A Compassionate Approach to Recovery, Skinner, K. B., 2020, KSkinner, Corp.
  • An Examination of the Factor Structure of the Trauma Inventory for Partners of Sex Addicts (TIPSA), Vogeler, Heidi, Fischer, Lane, Sudweeks, Richard, Skinner, Kevin, 2018, Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 25, 1-19, 10.1080/10720162.2018.1452086
  • Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal: The Essential Tools for Healing, Skinner, K.B., 2017, KSkinner Corp., IITAP book of the year—award 2019
  • Pornography Use and Loneliness: A Bidirectional Recursive Model and Pilot Investigation, Butler, M. H., Pereyra, S. A., Draper, T. W., Leonhardt, N. D., Skinner, K. B., 2017, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1-11, 10.1080/0092623x.2017.1321601
  • Treating Pornography Addiction: The Essential Tools for Recovery, Skinner, K.B., 2005, GrowthClimate, Provo, Utah
  • Cohabitation, marriage, and remarriage: A comparison of relationship quality over time, Skinner, K.B., Bahr, S. J., Crane, D. R., Call, V. R. A., 2002, Journal of Family Issues, 23, 1, 74–90, 10.1177/0192513X02023001004

Professional Presentations

  • 2025, Healing the Wounds of Betrayal: Guiding Divorced Clients Through Recovery, Skinner, K.B., The Burden of Sexual Betrayal, Skinner, K.B., Plenary Speaker at The Catholic Psychotherapy 2025 Annual Conference
  • 2024, A Discussion of Relationship Satisfaction and Relationship Skills in Couples Dealing with Sexual Betrayal, Skinner, K.B.
  • 2023, How Attachment Can Help With Suicide Prevention, Skinner, K. B., Keynote Speaker, Dec. 5th, 2023–Rocky Mountain Suicide Prevention 22nd Annual, Trauma and Recovery, Skinner, K. B., Keynote at Scientific Committee of the Trauma and Recovery Congress (Guatemala—Keynote was online), Assessing Betrayed Partners for PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, and Much More, Skinner, K. B., How Today’s Technology is Revolutionizing the Therapeutic Process, Skinner, K. B., Don’t Get Left Behind
  • 2022, An Interview Dr. Stephen Porges on the Polyvagal Theory and It’s Use with Addiction and Trauma, Porges, S., Skinner, K.B.
  • 2019, How Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) Influences Clients with Sexual Addiction and Betrayal Trauma, Skinner, K. B.
  • 2017, Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal, Skinner, K. B.
  • 2016, IITAP 2 Day Presentation, Lady Lake Florida, Chicago Illinois
  • 2015, Inventory for Partner Attachment, Stress, & Trauma (IPAST), Carnes, S., Skinner, K. B.
  • 2013, Using Technology to Assess Clients Needs, Skinner, K. B., Understanding and Treating Betrayal Trauma, Skinner, K. B.
  • 2010, Assessing Trauma When Pornography Enters the Marriage, Olsen, M., Skinner, K. B.
  • 1999, The Influence of Parental Triangulation on Chinese Youth, Skinner, K.B., Crane, D. R., Associations between Parenting, Acculturation, and Adolescent Functioning Among Chinese in North America, Skinner, K.B., Crane, D. R.
  • 1998, Parent-Child Relationships in Chinese Immigrant Families, Skinner, K. B., Crane, D. R., Hui, P., The Chinese Version of R-DAS and FAD, Hui, P., Crane, D. R., Skinner, K. B., Assessment of Chinese Families Through the Chinese Version of the Family Assessment Device and the Revised-Dyadic Adjustment Scale, Hui, P., Crane, D. R., Skinner, K. B., Cohabitation and Marriage: A Comparison of Relationship Quality Over Time, Skinner, K. B., Crane, D. R., Bahr, S. J.
  • 1997, Household Labor and Marital Conflict in Chinese families, Skinner, K. B., Crane, D. R., Communication and Conflict Resolution in Urban Chinese Families, Skinner, K. B., Crane, D. R., Meredith, W. H.
  • 1996, Division of Household Labor in Urban Chinese Families, Skinner, K. B., Meredith, W. H.

Professional Organizations

  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Member
  • IITAP—Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT), Member

Supervisor Experience

  • AAMFT Approved Supervisor, 2003-Current
  • CSAT Supervisor, 2016-Current
  • CPTT Supervisor, 2019-Current

Contact - Work

199 N. 290 W. ste 150, Lindon, Utah, 84042, (801) 224-2525, kskinner@noble.health

Personal Information

Title: Clinical Director

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)
Full Professional

Timeline

Clinical Director

ParentGuidance.org
01.2019 - Current

Instructor

International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP)
06.2016 - Current

Clinical director and supervisor

Addo Recovery
01.2013 - Current

Clinical Director

Addo Recovery
11.2012 - Current

Private practice

KSkinner Corp.
01.2001 - Current

Internship

LDS Social Services
07.1998 - 12.1999

Group supervisor and intake specialist

Affiliated Family Treatment Center
04.1997 - 08.1998

Therapist

Brigham Young University Comprehensive Clinic
09.1996 - 04.1998

Student Therapist

Internship Lutheran Family Services in Lincoln Nebraska
08.1995 - 08.1996

Therapist in training

University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Clinic
01.1995 - 08.1996

M.S. - Marriage and Family Therapy

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

B.S. - Family Science, Chinese

Brigham Young University

Ph.D. - Marriage and Family Therapy

Brigham Young University