About Dr. Weir

Kyle N. Weir, Ph.D., LMFT, is a Professor of Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling in the Counselor Education program at California State University—Fresno. He has also previously served as Chair of the Department of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation and as Coordinator of the Counselor Education program. He currently serves as the Director of Fresno Family Counseling Center – a student-training clinic operated by the faculty and students of Fresno State’s Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling degree serving the needs of the California Central Valley community. He received a B.S. in Public Policy and Management, an M.A. in Sociology (Organizations), a M.M.F.T. in Marital & Family Therapy, and a Ph.D. in Sociology/Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, was a part-time clinician at LDS Family Services, and now practices with the firm Roubicek & Thacker, Inc. He also serves as the Clinical Director of LifeSTAR of the Central Valley through Roubicek and Thacker, Inc. 

He is married to Allison Brown Weir, and they have six children: Kellie, Nathan, Samantha, Joshua, Jason, and Daniel. It was through the personal adoption experiences with his children that Dr. Weir developed an academic interest in play therapy with adoptive and foster families. His clinical and ecclesiastical experiences generated his interest in Couples Therapy and OCD/Scrupulosity. He is the Developer of the Collaborative Attachment Systems Therapy (CAST) model - an innovative, integrative approach to couples therapy. 

Dr. Weir is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and the books Coming Out of the Adoptive Closet (2003; University Press of America), The Choice of a Lifetime: What You Need to Know Before Adopting (2011; NTI Upstream), Intimacy, Identity, and Ice Cream: Teaching Teens and Young Adults to Live the Law of Chastity (2016; Cedar Fort Publishing); Why Repentance Matters (2018, Finegold Creek Press); Saints Overcoming Scrupulosity (2021, Finegold Creek Press); and the CAST Series Workbooks: Collaborating for Connection as a Couple - Workbook 1; The TRAIL to Love  - Workbook 2; and Twelve Collaborative Tasks for Couples - Workbook 3 (2021, Finegold Creek Press).