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Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Kyle Weir

Professor

Counselor Education and Rehabilitation | Personal Website: https://drkyleweir.com/ | Office: ED 433

kweir@mail.fresnostate.edu

Education

University of Southern California - PhD - Sociology/Marriage & Family Therapy, 2000

University of Southern California - MMFT - Marital & Family Therapy, 1998

University of Southern California - MA - Sociology, 1998

University of Southern California - BS - Public Policy & Management, 1995

Courses Taught

Current Courses
  • COUN 230 Family Therapy Theories
  • COUN 235 Couples Therapy
  • COUN 238 Advanced Practicum
  • COUN 239 Field Placement
Additional Courses Taught in Summer Intersession
  • COUN 280T MFT Business Practices
  • COUN 280T Practical Interventions in Common DSM Diagnoses
  • COUN 280T Music Therapy, Art Therapy, and Bibliotherapy
  • COUN 280T Advanced Play Therapy
Previously Taught Courses
  • COUN 233 - Child & Adolescent Therapy (Play Therapy)
  • COUN 234A - Sexuality in Human Relationships
  • COUN 206 Counseling through the Lifespan (Human Development)
  • COUN 280T Adoption Practicum

Kyle N. Weir, Ph.D., LMFT, is a Professor of Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling in the Counselor Education program at California State University—Fresno. He has also previously served as Chair of the Department of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation and as Coordinator of the Counselor Education program. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Fresno Family Counseling Center – a student-training clinic operated by the faculty and students of Fresno State’s Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling degree serving the needs of the California Central Valley community. He received a B.S. in Public Policy and Management, an M.A. in Sociology (Organizations), a M.M.F.T. in Marital & Family Therapy, and a Ph.D. in Sociology/Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, was a part-time clinician at LDS Family Services, and now practices with the firm Roubicek & Thacker, Inc. He also serves as the Clinical Director of LifeSTAR of the Central Valley through Roubicek and Thacker, Inc.

 

He is married to Allison Brown Weir, and they have six children. It was through the personal adoption experiences with his children that Dr. Weir developed an academic interest in play therapy with adoptive and foster families. His clinical and ecclesiastical experiences generated his interest in OCD/Scrupulosity. Dr. Weir is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and the books Coming Out of the Adoptive Closet (2003; University Press of America), The Choice of a Lifetime: What Adoptive Parents Need to Know Before Adopting (2011; NTI Upstream), Intimacy, Identity, and Ice Cream: Teaching Teens and Young Adults to Live the Law of Chastity (2016; Cedar Fort Publishing); and Why Repentance Matters (2018, Finegold Creek Press). His two new forthcoming books are: Saints Overcoming Scruplosity (BYU Religious Studies Center) and The TRAIL to Love (New Harbinger).
  • Couples Therapy
  • Scrupulosity/OCD
  • Sexual Addiction Recovery
  • Adoption/Foster Care
  • Play Therapy

BOOKS:

Weir, Kyle N. (Forthcoming). TheTRAIL to Love: Working Together for the Love You Both Desire. Under Review at New Harbinger.

Weir, Kyle N. (Forthcoming). Saints Overcoming Scrupulosity. Under Review at BYU Religious Studies Center. 

Weir, Kyle N. (2018). Why Repentance Matters. Coarsegold, CA: Finegold Creek Press.

Weir, Kyle N. (2016).  Intimacy, Identity, and Ice Cream: Teaching Teens and Young Adults to Live the Law of Chastity. Springville, UT: Cedar Fort Publishing.

Weir, K. N. (2011). The Choice of a Lifetime: What You Need to Know Before Adopting, Chicago, IL: NTI Upstream.Received the “Editor’s Choice Highlighted Title” Award by Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry; IndependentPublisher.com - July 2011

Weir, K. N.  (2003). Coming Out of the Adoptive Closet, Lanham, MD: University

Press of America.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Weir, K.N. (2011). Playing for Keeps: Integrating Family and Play Therapy to Treat Reactive Attachment Disorder. In A.A. Drewes, S.C. Bratton, and C.E. Schaefer, Integrative Play Therapy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Weir, Kyle N. (1998).  “Policy-Making Within Families: A Clinical Example of Family

Process and Governance” in T. Nelson and T. Trepper, Editors, 101 More Interventions in Family Therapy.

 

REFEREED ARTICLES:

Weir, K.N., Pereyra, S., Crane, J., Greaves, M., Childs, T.S., and Weir, A.B. (2021). The Effectiveness of Theraplay as a Counseling Practice with Mothers and Their Children in a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Residential Facility, The Family Journal.

 

Rosen, E. M., Weir, K., and Tracz, S. (2016). An innovative methodology for assessing student learning outcome achievement. CLEARvoz, 3(1), 14-25. – Published on-line Feb. 16, 2016.

 

Weir, K.N., Greaves, M., Denno, R., Kelm, C., Ragu, R. (2014). Scrupulosity: Practical Treatment Considerations Drawn from Clinical and Ecclesiastical Experiences with Latter-day Saint Persons Struggling with Religiously-oriented Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 57-69.

 

Weir, K.N., Pierce, L.M., & Lucey, C. (2014). Establishing Innovative Student Training Clinics for Counselor Educators and Marriage and Family Therapists CLEARvoz Journal – Published on-line Jan. 31, 2014.

 

Weir, K.N., Lee, S., Canosa, P., Rodrigues, N., McWilliams, M., & Parker, L.  (2013). Whole Family Theraplay®: Integrating family systems theory and Theraplay® to treat adoptive families. Adoption Quarterly, 16, 3 & 4.

 

Weir, K.N.  (2009). Countering the Isomorphic Study of Isomorphism: Coercive, Mimetic, and Normative Isomorphic Trends in the Training, Supervision, and Industry of Marriage and Family Therapy.  Journal of Family Psychotherapy, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 60-71.

 

Weir, K.N., Fife, S.T., Whiting, J.B., and Blazewick, A. (2008).  Clinical training of MFTs for adoption, foster care, and child development settings: A comparative survey of CACREP, COAMFTE, and CSWE accredited programs, Journal of Family Psychotherapy, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 277-290.

 

Weir, K. N. (2007). Using Integrative Play Therapy with Adoptive Families to Treat Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Case Example, Journal of Family Psychotherapy, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 1-16.

 

Weir, K. N. (2004).  The Magnifying Effect:  The Recursive Benefits of Marriage

and Adoption Throughout the Adoptive Family Life-Cycle, Journal of Law & Family Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1.

 

Weir, K. N.  (2003). Promoting Adoption as a Solution to Teen Pregnancy: A Study

and Model, Journal of Law & Family Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2.

 

Weir, K. N.  (2003). Adoptive Family ‘Leap-Frogging’ Patterns,

Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 1.

 

Weir, K. N. (2001). Multidimensional Aspects of Adoptive Family Social

Disclosure Patterns, Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 1.

 

Weir, K. N.  (2000). Developmental, Familial, and Peer Deterrents to Adoption

Placement, Adoption Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3.

 

INVITED PUBLICATIONS:

Weir, K.N. (Oct. 23, 2014). Helping Teens Understand How Chastity Leads to Greater

Happiness as an Adult. LDS Living Magazine.

 https://www.ldsliving.com/Helping-Teens-Understand-How-Chastity-Leads-to-Greater-Happiness-as-an-Adult/s/77145

 

Weir, K.N. & Brodzinsky, D.M. (2013). Treatment and therapy considerations for adopted children and their families. Adoption Quarterly, 16, 3 & 4 (Introductory article for a special double issue I guest edited with Dr. David M. Brodzinsky).

 

Weir, K. N.  (2006). Repairing Adoptive and Foster Attachments, Family Therapy

            Magazine, Sept.-Oct. 2006 Special Edition on Attachment.

 

Weir, K. N.  (2004). The Many Faces of Adoption, Family Therapy

            Magazine, June 2004 Special Edition on Adoption.