Vic has spent the past 28 years of his 38-year career in healthcare consulting and product development. His personal vision statement best reflects his focus:

“To close the gap that exists between advances in health sciences and technology for health care groups who have a vision to increase clincal effectiveness and operational efficiency.”

Since 1987, Vic has been focused on program development to improve individual self-care within populations, through group work and eventually integrating interactive web-based tools. In 1987 as a Business Consultant, he developed emotional intelligence and resilience training implemented in the workplace. In 1999 as CEO of Alive publishing group, he published information on the brain’s neuroplasticity and the link between relationship and mental health with a 1.4m monthly readers. Alive also distributed health-based accredited training courses in 3 continents.

In 2004 he founded the Alive for Wellness 30-day in-patient program for people desiring to overcome a mental health struggle and a 60-day app/telephone after care program which still operates today (www.aliveforwellness.life). In 2008 he partnered with Dr. Scott Miller and Dr. Barry Duncan and and co-founded MyOutcomes (MyOutcomes.com), a clinical tool that helps behavioral health clinicians increase their clinical effectiveness and was a recipient of the national United Kingdom’s Mental Health Innovation Of The Year award. MyOutcomes is approved by the US Joint Commission and certified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. MyOutcomes is currently used in over 24 countries by private and governmental mental health clinics, the US Military, and over 28 universities in clinical training. Over 13 randomized clinical trials confirm that using MyOutcomes can double the effect size of mental health clinicians.

In 2015, motivated to make advanced neural, behavioral, and social sciences more affordable and accessible to all people, Vic lead a group of thought-leading academics, clinical professionals, and educators and founded The Resilient Mind Project that supports and trains people who exhibit a readiness to change and wish to increase their resilience (www.theresilientmind.life).

Ph.D., Oregon State University, M.A., Pacific University, B.A., Pacific University.

Dr. Melton earned his Ph. D. in 2012 from Oregon State University. In addition to acting as Dean of the School of Psychology and Counseling at Bushnell, Dr. Melton is the clinical director of the EASA Center for Excellence at Oregon Health Sciences University where he provides clinical consultation and training to early intervention with mental illness to programs nationwide. Dr. Melton has published multiple papers and textbook chapters and has presented at multiple conferences. Dr. Melton’s research focus is on the impact of interventions with individuals experiencing early schizophrenia, engagement strategies, effective treatment and reducing duration of untreated psychosis. Dr. Melton is certified is providing training for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Feedback Informed Treatment, using the Structured Interview for DSM 5 disorders (SCID), and one of seven in the world certified to train clinicians in the use of the Structured Interview for Psychosis Risk Syndromes (SIPS).

Dr. Melton also has a private practice in which he supervises mental health clinicians for licensure and provides training on diagnosis and evidenced-based mental health practices. He is a strong advocate for the health care needs of individuals with mental illness.