He received his B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan, an MFA from the University of Southern California and both his MA and PhD with cum laude honors in Psychology (with an emphasis in Media Psychology) from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. In addition to his certification as a Chemical Dependency Counselor, Don is also a Board Certified California teacher and a Nationally Certified Group Facilitator. In 2002, Don created and implemented the Literacy in Treatment program, which offers adult clients in recovery the opportunity to earn their high school diploma. He is the co-founder of an outpatient program he created, developed and recently launched designed to treat technology addiction and co-occurring disorders.