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Dennis Elton Broadbent, Ph.D., (b. 1945) is a full-time practicing psychologist, director, consultant, researcher and lecturer with 39-years experience, and a strong advocate of academic, clinical and therapeutic eclecticism, both within the field of psychology and among the variety of interrelated disciplines. Dr. Broadbent has engaged in a great variety of local, national, and international endeavors with broad involvement, implications, and impact. In 1974, he married Helen McRae and together they have five children. As an active voice for the family and moral integrity, he has long been an advocate of a comprehensive family and systems approach to counseling.

Professional Training
Dr. Broadbent graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University in 1972 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology. He commenced his graduate studies at Florida State University as a University Fellow, earning his Masters in Developmental and Educational Psychology in 1973, and his doctorate Summa Cum Laude in 1979 with a triple major in Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment, Behavior Analysis and Therapy with a Child/Family emphasis, and Developmental and Educational Psychology, with an extended minor in Marriage and Family Counseling, and specializing in the treatment of complex, multiple, and severe emotional problems.

Dr. Broadbent also received medical training in the United States Army from 1967-1971, graduating with highest honors from medical and clinical specialist schools. He gained extensive emergency room and preventive medicine experience, and served as a medical instructor in Vung Tau, Vietnam and at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.

Major post-doctoral training has included specialization in affective disorders and cognitive and rational-emotive methodologies; substance abuse, and endogenous and exogenous forms of addictions; psycho-sexual, sex-abuse, and aberrant sexual problems; forensics and clinical psychopathology and epidemiology; comprehensive family and systems dynamics in clinical treatment methods; religious and values education; psychobiology, psychoneuroimmunology, and psychoneurobiology of psychosomatic, emotional, and addictive disorders; and the applications and clinical ramifications of the convergence of epigenetic and childhood traumagenic environments, experiences, and learning processes involved in individual and family psychopathology.

Credentials
As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Broadbent is Board Certified in Integrative Medicine (AAIM), has a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, a Diplomate in Mental Health (AAIM), is a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners International, and a Life Fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine (AAIM). He is also a member of the American Psychological Association and The National Council on Family Relations.

Dr. Broadbent has been recognized as a leader in the Biobehavioral Sciences, both nationally and in international settings , and has been listed as an Outstanding Scientist of the 21st Century.

The Family Resource Center
Serving as its general partner, this organization was designed for the development of comprehensive counseling and research facilities providing broad-based clinical treatment, comprehensive psychotherapy, marriage and family counseling, research, supervision, consultation, community service, and financial counseling. The organizations affiliated with The Family Resource Center include:

Psychological and Family Health Associates
These are private, comprehensive treatment centers for individual, family, and marriage disorders, with locations throughout the Phoenix, AZ metro area. Dr. Broadbent serves as Executive Director and has provided clinical, counseling, consultant and educational psychological services for 30 of his 39 years of professional experience.

Southwest Institute for Behavioral Studies
This private research foundation provides contemporary research information, public service resources, materials and information on topics of current public interest, and conducts lecture and seminar presentations. Serving as Director and Senior Consultant, Dr. Broadbent has organized or engaged in a variety of endeavors and projects, which include: chairman and primary keynote presenter of the initial plenary session at the international convention on "Justification of Moral Values" sponsored by the National Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality ; featured speaker at the Arizona Conference on Pornography; consultant, expert witness, and forensics expert with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Organized Crime Division, in the prosecution of obscenity cases during the process of establishing the legal precedents and local community standards for the State of Arizona; ongoing consultant for Arizona school districts in their endeavors to design and implement sex education programs; member and ad hoc co-chairman for the Arizona Department of Education Values Education Task Force ; consultant for the Arizona State Legislature on issues concerning pornography, obscenity, sex education, and child sexual abuse; clinical and forensics program and development consultant and policy expert for the national organization, Citizens for Decency Through Law ; clinical and forensics witness providing testimony and research sources for the Federal Communications Commission hearings on Dial-a-Porn; publisher of Psychological and Family Health Notes, a periodic newsletter; and providing informational and training presentations and seminars on various topics of psychological or family relevance.

Family Resource Center Charities (FRCC)
A private, not-for-profit, clinic-based center for charitable community and government-based activities, providing assistance and programs on a local, national, and international level. Among its' activities, Dr. Broadbent and the FRCC have been involved in the production of the nationally syndicated, research and clinically based public affairs weekly radio program Today's Family and Society. The program explored crucial topics of national and international interest and featured prominent national political leaders and government officials, leading researchers, experts and university academicians, notable educators, and public service organization heads on issues relevant to the family (with the assistance of the World Congress of Families and co-sponsored by the World Family Policy Center). Through its Children's Charities Division, FRCC organized and provided pro bono medical and resettlement services for Bosnian children and their families who were victims of the Bosnian conflict (in conjunction with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees and the International Organization for Migration). This same division also worked to facilitate the adoption of Romanian orphan children (with assistance and support from LDS Family Services and the Finnish Consulate) and has participated in various projects for Mexican orphan children, as well as other charitable efforts.

Academic Endeavors
Dr. Broadbent has provided academic instruction at Florida State University, Valdosta State University and Glendale (AZ) Community College in undergraduate courses on Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Parenting, and Theories and Applications of Measurements and Tests; as well as graduate classes in Behavior Modification, seminars in Clinical Theory, Psycho-Educational Diagnosis, and Psychology of Educational Processes, among others.

He has authored a number of articles and treatises on parenting, family therapy, psychopathology, moral values, and family dynamics and has written or co-authored two volumes: Teaching Values, for the State of Arizona, and The Odyssey to Happiness (see below).

Other Experience
In addition, Dr. Broadbent served on the Florida State Committee for the establishment of sexual guidelines for young sex offenders; served as a clinical therapist and consultant with Psycho-Educational Consultants from 1972-1976 (Tallahassee, Florida); filled the position as the program and training psychologist for the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee, Florida; was a director of medical treatment, and the NCOIC of the Department of Preventive Medicine while in the U.S. Army (Vietnam and Fitzsimons Army Medical Center); was President and Executive Director of the multi-treatment facility, Family Development Resources, from 1980-1983; and has been a member of the International Platform Association.

Within The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints (LDS Church)
While in the military, Dr. Broadbent was a principal developer and original chairman of a pilot program for what is now the current Young Single Adult Program for the Church and was involved in a leadership capacity with several major performing arts projects and presentations in association with the LDS Church Cultural Arts Committee and Brigham Young University. More recently he served as a consultant and associate in the development of the new LDS Family Services Addiction Recovery 12-step Family Support Guide.

With strong conviction of LDS teachings, he is an advocate for the reconciliation of clinical theory, research, and counseling with Church orthodoxy and principles. As such, he has served as an ongoing resource in those endeavors and has generated a variety of summary, religiously-oriented treatises, presentations and one authored volume, The Odyssey to Happiness, on pivotal emotional, psychological, and family topics for use by academic, clinical, Church leaders and interested parties. Dr. Broadbent was an LDS missionary from 1964-1967 in Zurich, Switzerland and Florence, Italy.

Additional insight into Dr. Broadbent's approach and perspective can be gained from the following:
(1) Anda, Robert F. et. al. (2006). "The Enduring Effects of Abuse and Related Adverse Experiences of Childhood," ''J. of Europ. Arch. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosci'', 256(3), p.174

(2) Benson, Ezra Taft (1986). "Do Not Despair," Ensign, (LDS Church), October, p.2

(3) Bergen, Allen B. (1994). "Psychology and Repentance," Brigham Young University Devotional Address, 4 October

(4) Busche, Enzio (1993). "Truth Is the Issue," Ensign, November, p.24

(5) Cochran, Susan D. et.al. (2003). "Prevalence of Mental Disorders...Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults in the United States," J. of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, February, p.53

(6) DeAngelis, Lori (2005). "Where Psychotherapy Meets Neuroscience," Monitor on Psychology, p.72

(7) Holland, Jeffery R (2006). "Broken Things to Mend," Ensign, May, p.69

(8) LDS Family Services (2005). Addiction Recovery Program: A Guide to Addiction Recovery and Healing

(9) Lee, Harold B (1974). "Understanding Who We Are Brings Self-Respect," Ensign, January, p.2

(10) Scott, Richard G. (1992). "Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse," Ensign, May, p.31

(11) Smith, Joseph F. Teachings of the Presidents: Joseph F. Smith, (LDS Church), pp.343, 371-373

(12) Viewpoint: "The Remedy of Forgiveness," LDS Church News, 12 June 1993