Lane Porter

C.M.H.C.

Lane Porter is the Admissions Director with Renaissance Ranch. He has 13 years of experience in the addiction field. He is licensed as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the State of Utah. He has held national board certifications as both a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Masters Addiction Counselor (MAC): from the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.

Lane received his MS from the University of Phoenix: Masters of Science of Mental Health Counseling and his Bachelors from Utah State University: Bachelor of Psychology, where he was Summa Cum Laude and Department Valedictorian.

Lane has expertise in addiction, the neuro-physiology of addiction, cognitive restructuring, Therapeutic communities, Contingency Mgmt., Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Behavioral Modification.

He is a certified Trainer and Teacher of Mind Body Bridging (MBB). He is Nationally certified in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT).

Lane served as the Director of Clinical Services for First Step House and was the founder and owner of Fresh Start Behavioral Services. He has expertise and experience in training on the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s Patient Placement Criteria (ASAM Criteria), conducting clinical quality assurance, grant writing, and clinical marketing.