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Scott Robert Van Sleeuwen (born September 14, 1972) is an American Marriage and Family Therapist and the Chief Executive Officer of [Catalyst International Incorporated], an international non-governmental organization based in Los Angeles, California. Van Sleeuwen is known for his quiet and casual, person-centered approach, and ability to engage difficult and unmanageable patients. Van Sleeuwen is best known for his work with global organizations that create sustainable solutions to poverty, famine, and disease. His creation of the “I AM A CATALYST” network of volunteerism is world renowned, with volunteers in Asia, North America, and Southeast Asia.

Van Sleeuwen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a first generation American born as the son of a Dutch immigrant. Van Sleeuwen served as an ambassador for the [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints] in the Netherlands from 1992-1994, where he acquired a second language in his father’s homeland. He later attended the [University of Utah], where he earned a Baccalaureate degree in Consumer Studies and Family Economics, graduating in the spring of 1999. While at the University of Utah, he developed an interest in Consumerism, Psychology, Social Work, and Global Issues of poverty and Economics. Following his studies at the University of Utah, Van Sleeuwen earned a Master of Arts in Psychology, from Phillips Graduate Institute. While at Phillips, Van Sleeuwen examined the interrelatedness between the Psychosocial Development of Individuals over the life span, and completed a comprehensive review of Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development. As an intern, Van Sleeuwen worked with Adolescents within a Therapeutic Community model with [Phoenix House] of Los Angeles, and later worked with severely emotionally disturbed youth at [The Erickson Center for Adolescent Development]. Van Sleeuwen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, living in Los Angeles, California. [link title]