Linda Carter Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Linda Carter Sobell is Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Training at the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is also Co-Director of the Healthy Lifestyles Guided Self-Change Program at NSU. Before this for 17 years, she was a Senior Scientist at the Addiction Research Foundation (Canada) and a Professor at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Irvine.

She is known nationally and internationally for her work on the assessment and treatment of addictions, particularly brief motivational interventions, the process of self-change, and assessment instruments including the Timeline Followback method. She is a Motivational Interviewing Trainer (MINT) and holds a Diplomate in Behavioral Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She is on the editorial board of seven professional journals and is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association. She is past President of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy and of the Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association. She has received several awards including the Norman E. Zinberg Memorial Award from Harvard University, the Betty Ford Award from the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Lifetime Achievement Award from Addictions Special Interest Group, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive and Therapies, and the Brady/Schuster Award for outstanding behavioral science research in psychopharmacology and substance abuse from the American Psychological Association Division 28, and the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy’s Outstanding Service Award. Her research has been supported by grants from several different federal agencies.

She has had extensive consultation and training experience having given over 250 invited presentations and clinical workshops/institutes nationally and internationally. She has published over 250 articles and book chapters, and 7 books. Her most recent book is Promoting self-change from addictive behaviors: Practical implications for policy, prevention, and treatment (coauthored with H. Klingemann; Springer, New York, 2007).

What best characterizes her 30-year career is a blending of science and practice.

Linda Carter Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Training
Motivational Interviewing Trainer
Center for Psychological Studies
Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 USA
Phone: 954-262-5811; Fax: 954-262-3895
e-mail: sobelll@nova.edu
www.nova.edu/gsc
November 19, 2007