Linda Carter Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP, is the President's Distinguished Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is a professor of clinical psychology as well as the co-director of Healthy Lifestyles: Guided Self-Change at Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Linda C. Sobell earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Irvine. She is well known for her research in the addictions field. Specifically, she has researched brief motivational interventions, self-change, and the Timeline Followback. She has more than 300 published articles/book chapters and has written 8 books. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, a Motivational Interviewing Trainer, and is Board Certified in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, Affiliate of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
President’s Distinguished Professor at Nova Southeastern University
Betty Ford Award
Norman E. Zinberg Memorial Lecture Award
2014 Jellinek Memorial Award (Jellinek Award)
Charles C. Shepard Science Award (About Charles C. Shepard Award)
Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology Award, Society of Clinical Psychology of American Psychological Association
Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group
Major areas of clinical and research expertise
Clinical Psychology
Addictive Behaviors
Behavior Change Processes
Group Therapy
Natural Recovery from Addictive Behaviors
Self-Change
Group Therapy for Substance Users
Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies
Professional Issues and Ethics
Addiction
Psychotherapeutic Processes
Motivational Interviewing in Groups
Validity of Substance Abusers' Self-Report
Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders: A Motivational Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
Assessing Alcohol Problems Using Motivational Interviewing
Problem Drinkers: Guided Self-Change Treatment
Emerging Concepts of Alcohol Dependence.
Behavioral Treatment of Alcohol Problems: Individualized Therapy and Controlled Drinking.
Evaluating Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Effectiveness: Recent for Alcohol Problems: A Dialogue.
Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use: Practical Implications for Policy, Prevention, and Treatment.
