Theresa Moyers
Theresa Moyers is a Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico, where she specializes in the treatment of addictive behaviors. Her research program focuses on disseminating evidence-based treatments, including motivational interviewing (MI) in the addictions field, as well as identifying active ingredients in MI. Dr. Moyers has published more than 30 peer-reviewed publications related to MI and has presented at conferences and workshops in 42 states and 16 countries.
This presentation will focus on the research addressing therapist impact in delivering behavioral treatments (as opposed to the impact of the treatments themselves). We will discuss evidence for therapist effects as well as discussing specific, learnable skills that are associated with better client outcomes.
Learning Objectives
1) Participants will be able to state the percentage of variance usually accounted for by therapists in randomized, controlled trials of behavioral treatments
2) Participants will be able to name two specific therapist skills that predict better outcomes
3) Participants will be able to demonstrate the skill of offering complex reflective listening statements