Behavior Change Consulting

09/09/2026

📖 Why I Wrote This Book: What Outsiders See 👀

Read below for an exclusive look at the details behind the new book by Maurice Bulls, M.Ed titled "Antiracist Behavioral Health Practice: A Practitioner's Guide." Available for preorder now at the link below‼️

There's a particular vantage point you get when you're the trainer who flies in, runs the workshop, and leaves — not the person who sits in on staff meetings or knows the office politics. You see things that people inside the organization sometimes can't.

Over the years, walking into more than 70 different organizations to train on Motivational Interviewing from a cultural lens, I started noticing the same pattern everywhere. Different cities, different populations, different funding streams, but the same silence in the room when a case example touched on race or culture. The same practitioners quietly relieved that someone finally said the thing they'd been afraid to bring up with their own supervisors.

That repetition; across dozens of organizations that had no reason to be similar is what convinced me this wasn't a "them" problem. It was systemic. And it's why I wrote "Antiracist Behavioral Health Practices: A Practitioner's Guide."

Being an outside trainer means you don't inherit the organization's blind spots. You bring your own lens. And sometimes that's exactly what a team needs to finally name what's been sitting unspoken in their clinical work.
Over the next several posts, I'll share:

- What consistently showed up across dozens of organizations, regardless of size or mission
- The moment I realized AMCO needed to be a book, not just a workshop
- Chapter insights born from watching hundreds of practitioners in hundreds of rooms
- Why an outsider's perspective can sometimes cut through what internal training can't

If you've ever brought in outside training and felt the room shift the moment someone from outside said what everyone inside already knew — this series is for YOU.

Follow along for the rest of the series. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Click here to visit our webpage and see more book info: https://behaviorchangeconsulting.org/bcc-antiracist-book

08/25/2026

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Don't miss the opportunity to attend a webinar through the Alan Hu Foundation featuring Sylvie Naar, PhD, Founder of BCC! The webinar will be held tonight, August 25th at 5PM-6PM PT / 8PM-9PM ET.

Dr. Naar explains, “Drawing on themes from my book on motivational interviewing with adolescents and young adults, I will introduce practical evidence-based strategies for engaging young people in conversations about behavior change, mental health, and personal growth. Participants will learn how motivational interviewing fosters autonomy, strengthens resilience, and helps young people build motivation to navigate mental health challenges and life transitions. In alignment with the mission of the Alan Hu Foundation, the session will emphasize the importance of reducing stigma, promoting help-seeking, and creating supportive relationships that empower youth to move toward healthier and more hopeful futures.” The presentation will be followed by 15 minutes of Q&A.

Click on the link below to register for the Zoom webinar and please consider donating to the Alan Hu Foundation for their incredible work with figures and communities across the nation to promote mental health, raise awareness, and remove stigma surrounding psychiatric disorders.

Leading mental health experts share their latest research and information on evidence-based strategies and treatments for early intervention and su***de prevention.

06/05/2026

BIG BIG NEWS!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Maurice's new book, Antiracist Behavioral Health Practice: A Practitioner's Guide, is releasing November 12, 2026!

Maurice is super excited for you all to read his work! Written with Dr. Sylvie Naar, this comes after decades of lived, trained experience in cultural humility and antiracist multicultural orientation.

The link to preorder can be found here: https://www.guilford.com/books/Antiracist-Behavioral-Health-Practice/Bulls-Naar/9781462564682?utm_source=share-email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-widget&srsltid=AfmBOorFuTAbTx8Nl07Qocq2IQCp-mtEONYObhtkuWbeMr8RwjSLVgzc

Help us celebrate this BCC win! 🎉🎉

05/12/2026

📍Mobile, AL
🏫 University of South Alabama
📅 5/4 - 5/5/26

We had an AWESOME time training a lovely group of graduate students (doctoral clinical/counseling psychology) in MI and AMCO! Special thanks to Dr. Zlomke for welcoming us to Mobile and showing us what they are all about!

Until next time! It was a pleasure!!

02/13/2026

As the overall climate of the world changes, so does BCC. We are working on major changes internally that will optimize our work, what we do, and how we want to give back to the community.

We are known by most as a company that trains in Motivational Interviewing (MI), but we want to expand on that. We will always have a soft spot in our hearts for MI - the building block of BCC - but this year we want to add more focus to our antiracist multicultural orientation (AMCO) and application. Cognitive behavioral treatments and behavioral health practices benefit greatly from AMCO integration, and BCC is a leader in implementing this.

Along with more training and implementation of MI and treatments/practices with AMCO integration, we aim to get bearings on a fully online Learning Management System (LMS) with self-paced modules and embedded video examples of our training! This will make our training more accessible than ever, no matter where you are in the world. Additionally, we're working on getting our training CEU-certified. Continuing Education credits are a vital achievement for any licensed professional, so adding us to that list of professional training will gain a notch for our trainees, and for us!

Thank you to everyone who has supported us to get to this point of innovation. Without our supporters, we wouldn't have been able to get here as a nonprofit! Cheers to a better 2026 from all of us at BCC! 🥳

12/18/2025

Everyone at BCC wishes you and your loved ones Happy Holidays! Regardless of what/if you celebrate, we wish the best upon you and hope that you take care of yourself during this polarizing time.

For many people, the Christmas and New Year holidays are something to celebrate and look forward to. This is the time for gifting, spending time with family, and traveling. But for others, this can be one of the most lonely, stressful, and unnerving times of the year.

According to the American Psychological Association (APA) (https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/11/holiday-season-stress), around two in five U.S. adults have said their stress levels increase during this time. Expectations to spend time with family and/or friends, navigating family conflicts, and upholding traditions along with a multitude of other reasons can cause severe stress, anxiety, and depression that many typically don't think about. This surveyed population does not even include the underserved populations, who may not even have family to fall back to, or friends, or a home. The holidays can lead people to turn to potentially harmful coping mechanisms, such as self-isolation, unhealthy eating habits, substance use, etc.

BCC's holiday wish is that we take care of ourselves, our community, and take a moment to spread holiday joy in ways that can also bring joy to others. This can look like making donations for those who do not have access to food during the cold months, or participating in toy drives for kids who cannot experience Santa dropping off presents in their home.

Without our village, our supporters and our friends, BCC would not exist! We are and have always been grateful for our community and those who have trained with us. We could not keep up our work without you all! Thank you for a wonderful year. We look forward to the next!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM MAURICE AND THE BCC FAMILY.

Resources on how to handle the holiday season: https://deconstructingstigma.org/guides/holidays
How to make a difference this holiday season: https://learn.givepulse.com/blog/top-20-ideas-for-giving-back-this-holiday-season

06/27/2025

Thank you SO much Northwest Ohio Pathways HUB for having BCC join you in Ohio!! It's been a while since we've been to this state and it was a FUN training! Loved meeting all of you!!

📍 MI Training 6/23 - 6/24/25
📍 Focus Areas: pregnant mothers, resources, services

05/16/2025

It's Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! 🎉🎉🎉

We want to take the time to recognize and celebrate all of the amazing contributions and wonderful cultural depth that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have given to the US.

We also want to acknowledge Anxiety Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Month!‼️

▶️ According to a research study in 2020 (https://www.athletesforhope.org/2022/05/afh-opinion-stop-asian-hate-support-asian-mental-health/ #:~:text=It%20feels%20fitting%20that%20this,(she's%20Korean%2DAmerican).), it found that AAPI have higher risk of depression than their counterparts while simultaneously having the lowest rate of seeking out support. This can be attributed to mental health stigma that is still rampant across the world.

▶️ Despite making up one of the largest growing ethnic and racial groups in the US (https://www.avancecare.com/asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-month-our-mental-health-matters/ #:~:text=May%20is%20both%20Asian%2DAmerican,resources%20to%20those%20in%20need.), there is still a large lack of AAPI representation in mental health providers. This coupled with the stigma and discrimination against AAPI puts a large unseen barrier on folks who are seeking care.

There is always strength and resilience in the AAPI community, but equitable support must also be available for those that may not have their own support systems or need extra aid. There are many factors that can contribute to lack of care, such as discrimination from others, judgment from their family or friends, and overall expectations from American society. Thus, the lack of treatment and representation in the community grows.

We must find better ways to implement support for AAPI and decrease stigma for all. Everyone deserves access to affirming mental health care, no matter their background, skin color, or upbringing. ❣️

Read more about AAPI Heritage Month here: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/About.html

Paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

11/25/2024

It has been a very eventful year for us at BCC so far, and we are eternally grateful for all of the support, training, and opportunities we have been given by SO many organizations and lovely people! Without all of our supporters, we wouldn't be here doing what we do best: sharing our years of experience and training in Motivational Interviewing (MI), multicultural orientation (MCO), and cultural humility.

THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US AT BCC! ✊🏿✨💙

09/16/2024

September is National Su***de Prevention Month.

Please take some time this month to check in on your friends, acquaintances, and loved ones. ❤️ We should take this time to promote healing, change the conversation around su***de and su***de prevention, and explore the resources available to us in case we ever need them.

BCC takes this month very seriously and we put ourselves and our mental health above other responsibilities. Check out the link for more information on Su***de Prevention Month and resources available to those who need it:

Every year, the 988 Lifeline and other mental health organizations and individuals across the U.S. raise awareness of su***de prevention during September, National Su***de Prevention Month.