Theresa B. Moyers
Professor
BAC Program Advisor

- Email:
- tmoyers@unm.edu
- Office:
- Logan Hall, 158
- Education:
- Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1991
- Personal Website
- Curriculum vitae
Research Area/s:
Clinical Psychology
Research Interests:
- Mechanisms of action in evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders
- Client language within Motivational Interviewing treatment sessions
- Therapist effects in SUD treatmentsabuse
- Selection, training and supervision of frontline treatment providers in evidence based treatments for SUD
Profile:
Accepting students? Dr. Moyers is not accepting students for Fall 2023.
I was trained at the University of New Mexico and received my Ph.D. in 1991. I served as a psychologist at the VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M. for 10 years before transitioning into a full time research and academic career.
Selected Publications
Moyers, T. B., Houck, J.M., Glynn, L.H., Hallgren, K.A. & Manual, J.K. (2017). A randomized controlled trial to influence client language in substance use disorder treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 172, 43-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000074 IF= 5.3
Miller, W. R. & Moyers, T. B. (2017). Motivational interviewing and the clinical science of Carl Rogers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(8), 757-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000179
Moyers, T. B., Houck, J.M., Rice, S.L., Longabaugh, R. & Miller, W.R. (2016). Therapist empathy, combined behavioral intervention and alcohol outcomes in the COMBINE Research Project. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(3). 221-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000074
Moyers, T.B., Rowell, L.N., Manuel, J.K., Ernst, D., Houck, J.M. (2016). The Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Code (MITI 4): Rationale, preliminary reliability and validity. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 65, 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2016.01.001
Moyers, T. B. (2014). The relationship in motivational interviewing. Psychotherapy, 51(3), 358-363. doi.org/10.1037/a0036910
Courses Taught
Abnormal Behavior (Psychology 332)
Alcohol Use Disorders (Psychology 430)
Psychopathology (Psychology 532)
Motivational Interviewing (Psychology 650)
Lab
David Forman--Graduate Student
A.J. O'Sickey--Graduate Student
Margo Hurlocker--Postdoctoral Fellow
I am not accepting students for Fall 2021