Degree Received
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1991

Research Interests
I am interested in process research focused on understanding mechanisms of efficacy for behavioral interventions for addictions, including motivational interviewing. I am also involved in research to investigate effective methods for disseminating and training empirically-supported behavioral treatments in addictions. Our lab is actively engaged in conducting studies to validate psychometric instruments and behavioral coding systems for motivational interviewing.

List of Recent Publications

Videotapes

• Miller, W. R., Rollnick, S. & Moyers, T. B. (1998). Motivational Interviewing: Professional Training Videotape Series (6-part series). University of New Mexico: CASAA.

• Martin, T., Moyers, T. B., Tonigan, J. S., Christopher, P. J., Houck, J. M. & Miller, W. R. (submitted for publication). Client speech predicts outcome in treatment of substance abuse.
• Moyers, T. B. & Martin, T. (submitted for publication). Therapist influence on client language during motivational interviewing sessions: Support for a potential causal mechanism.
• Miller, W. R., & Moyers, T. B. (submitted for publication). Eight Stages in Learning Motivational Interviewing.
• Moyers, T. B., Miller, W. R., & Hendrickson, S. M. L. (in press). What makes motivational interviewing work? Therapist interpersonal skill as a predictor of client involvement within motivational interviewing sessions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
• Miller, W. R., Moyers, T. B., Arciniega, L., & Ernst, D. (2005). Training, supervision and quality monitoring of COMBINE’s behavioral interventions. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement 15, 188-195.
• Moyers, T. B., Martin, T., Manuel, J. K., Hendrickson, S. M. L., & Miller, W. R. (2005). Assessing competence in motivational interviewing. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 28, 19-26.
• Moyers, T. B. (2004). History and happenstance: How motivational interviewing got its start. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 18(4), 291-298.
• Miller, W. R., Yahne, C. E., Moyers, T. B., Martinez, J., & Pirratano, M. (2004). A randomized trial of methods to help clinicians learn motivational interviewing. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 1050-1062.
• Miller, W. R., Moyers, T. B., Arciniega, L. T., DiClemente, C., LoCastro, J., Longabaugh, R., & Zweban, A. (2003). A combined behavioral intervention for treating alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(5, Supplement), 113A.
• Moyers, T. B., Martin, T., Catley, D., Harris, K. J., & Ahluwalia, J. S. (2003). Assessing the integrity of motivational interviewing interventions: Reliability of the Motivational Interviewing Skills Code. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 31, 177-184.
• Graeber, D. A., Moyers, T. B., Griffith, G., Guajardo, E., & Tonigan, S. (2003). A pilot study comparing motivational interviewing and an educational intervention in patients with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorders. Community Mental Health, 39(3), 189-202.
• Moyers, T. B., & Rollnick, S. (2002). A motivational interviewing perspective on resistance. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session. Volume 58(2), 185-193.
• Moyers, T. B. & Yahne, C. E. (1998). Motivational interviewing in substance abuse treatment: Negotiating roadblocks. Journal of Substance Misuse, 3, 30-33.

• Noonan, W. C., & Moyers, T. B. (1997). Motivational interviewing: A review. Journal of Substance Misuse, 2, 8-16.

• Moyers, T. B., & Miller, W. R. (1993). Therapist’s conceptualizations of alcoholism: Implications for treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 7, 238-245.

• Miller, W. R., & Moyers, T. B. (2005). Motivational interviewing. In J. Norcross (Ed.), The Psychologist’s Desk Reference (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford Press, pp. 267-271.
• Moyers, T. B. (2003). Motivational interviewing as a treatment for drug dependence: What does the data tell us? In J. L. Sorenson, R. A. Rawson, J. Guydish & J. E. Zweban (Eds.). Drug Abuse Treatment Through Collaboration: Practice and Research Partnerships that Work. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, pp. 139-150.
• Miller, J. H., & Moyers, T. M. (2002). Motivational interviewing in substance abuse: Applications for occupational medicine. In J. E. Zweban & S. D. Lambert (Eds.) Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Volume 17(1), pp. 51-65.
• Waldorf, V. A., & Moyers, T. B. (2001). Psychotherapy and religion. In N. Smelser & P. Baltes (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 18. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, pp. 12466-70.
• Hester, R. K., & Moyers, T. B. (2001). Matching clients with recovery tools: Finding the right keys to unlock the door. In R. Coombs (Ed.), Addiction Recovery Tools: A Practical Handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 383-393.
• Moyers, T. B. (2001). Motivational interviewing. In S. Cullari (Ed.), Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Practical Guidebook for Students, Trainees and New Professionals. New York: Allyn and Bacon, pp. 169-181.
• Moyers, T. B., & Hester, R. K. (1999). Outcome Research: Alcoholism. In M. Galanter and H. D. Kleber (Eds.), Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment (2nd Ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, pp. 129-134.

• Moyers, T. B., & Hester, R. K. (1999). Credentialing, documentation and evaluation in the treatment of addictions. In B. McCrady & B. Epstein (Eds.), Addictions: A Comprehensive Guidebook.
  New York: Oxford Press, pp. 414-420.

• Moyers, T. B. (1998). Motivational interviewing. In G. Hoocher, J. Norcross & S. Hill (Eds.), Psychologist’s Desk Reference. New York, Oxford Press, pp. 315-318.

• Miller, W. R., Moyers, T. B., Ernst, D., & Amrhein, P. (2003). Manual for the Motivational Interviewing Skills Code (MISC) v. 2.0. Retrieved, 2003, from the World Wide Web: http://casaa.unm.edu/tandc.html.
• Squires, D. D., & Moyers, T. B. (2001, Spring). Motivational enhancement for dually diagnosed consumers. (Available from the Behavioral Health Recovery Management Project c/o Fayette Companies, PO Box 1346, Peoria, IL 61654-1346; or at http://www.bhrm.org).