new book!"A Parents Guide toSelf-Injury and Suicide"

Dr. Mayfield has extensive experience within the realm of substance abuse (primarily with the adolescent population), doing 10-15 groups a week early in his career. He has worked with gang members in the inner-city of Denver, developed adolescent and family therapy programs working with at-risk youth, provided in-home family therapy and multi-systemic family therapy, and has developed equine facilitated psychotherapy groups for child and adolescent survivors of mental and/or emotional struggles. Dr. Mayfield's doctoral research focused the effects of equine facilitated psychotherapy on veteran survivors with partial or full PTSD. He has been published in a human growth and development textbook and has recently been published in Focus and Brio magazines.

Currently, Dr. Mayfield is a contributing author to Focus on the Family's Marriage division and has recently completed a book for parents on self-injury and suicide. It will be published within the next year.

Dr. Mayfield has lived in Colorado for almost 26 years, he is married to his wonderful wife, Sarah, and together, they have two beautiful daughters. In his free time, he enjoys running, hiking, camping, fishing, working with horses, reading classic books, and cooking gourmet meals for his family.

Dr. Mayfield is founder and CEO of Mayfield Counseling Centers in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which serves over 15,000 appointments a year. He also conducts therapy with families, couples, individuals, and groups and has a passion to provide exceptional care for military service members and their families. He also trains other clinicians through LPCC supervision.