Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD
Private Practice
Portland, Oregon

Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD is a registered dietitian who uses Motivational Interviewing (MI) to help individuals make lifestyle changes to improve health and lose weight. For the past four years, she has been training other health care providers to use this clinical counseling method with their patients. Dana has facilitated trainings for the National Kidney Foundation, Legacy Good Samaritan Obesity Institute, and Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. Her trainings introduce participants to the theory, principles and spirit of MI, and focus on the use of MI in health care settings. Participants of her trainings are guided through a sequence of learning activities to explore and shape counseling practice behavior, and to begin a process for developing proficiency in MI.