Matthew Spencer

Matthew began his career in the mental health field in 2008 doing research at Oklahoma State University. He has substantial practicum experience with the aging population in the hospital setting and has worked in an inpatient setting with children. In 2012, he began working in the community mental health field and fell in love with providing services to the community.

Matthew began his career with GRAND as a behavioral health professional. Since then, he has held many positions and titles within GRAND including mental health court therapist, adult services administrator over the Washington County clinic, clinical director in Rogers County, regional clinical officer and more. He has facilitated substance use and intensive outpatient groups and helped build and develop the Mental Health Court in Washington County.

In his current role, Matthew oversees the clinical services being provided in GRAND’s 12 rural counties. He is the supervisor to the regional clinical officers, who oversee the agency clinical directors, and he works in tandem with Amy Garrison, Chief Administrative Officer-GRAND, to ensure that the quality of services being provided at GRAND follows best practices in the field.