Brian DesRoches, MBA, PH.D, LMFT

Neuro Science of Patient Communication

Dr. Brian DesRoches is a consultant, psychotherapist, nationally known workshop facilitator and internationally published author. Since the early 1980s he has provided coaching and consulting services for individuals and organizations seeking change. Prior to that time he was a hospital administrator and vice president of a multi-hospital corporation. Brian has an extensive professional education with a Master of Health Care Administration, Master of Science in Counseling, Master of Business Administration and Doctorate in Pastoral Counseling and Psychology. He completed two years of post-graduate training in Marriage and Family Systems and is a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. 

Brian has also completed hundreds of hours of continuing education in various disciplines such as neuroscience, post-traumatic stress disorder, and applications of advanced systems thinking. Dr. DesRoches has worked with professional organizations and firms for over twelve years providing consulting, coaching and workshops that focus on experiencing a high performing, profitable and fulfilling business environment. He developed and facilitates the nationally known Practice Leadership workshop based on the principles of Mindful Leadership and the Optimizing Your Influence in Client and Patient Relationships course. He is the author of Your Boss is Not Your Mother (William Morrow, Inc., April 1995; also published in 6 foreign languages), Reclaiming Yourself (Dell Publishing Inc., April 1990), Optimizing Your Influence in Patient Relationships (self-published manual, 2004) and other publications. 

Brian’s new book and work will be published in May 2014, Engage, Influence & Prosper.