Mark B. Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP, a professor at the College of Psychology of Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a specialist in addiction. Dr. Mark Sobell is nationally and internationally known for his research in the addiction field. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Divisions 1, 3, 12, 25, 28, and 50, and is Board Certified in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is the co-director of Healthy Lifestyles: Guided Self-Change at Nova Southeastern University.[1][2]

He is the author or editor of 9 books and has published over 270 peer-reviewed articles. He is the Associate Editor of the American Psychologist and the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Along with this, he serves on 5 peer-reviewed editorial boards. He is the past president of the Society of Clinical Psychology of the APA, and is on the APA Publications and Communications Board.[3]

Education

Sobell received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Riverside in 1970 with a thesis "A paired comparison method for assessing stimulus control with an application to DRL schedules".[4]

Awards

for most outstanding peer-reviewed research paper on prevent and control published by Centers for Disease Control/ATSDR scientists in 2007
for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the field of alcohol studies
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the Application of Psychology Award
  • Brady/Schuster Award for Outstanding Behavioral Science Research in Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse

Books

  • Pattison, E.M., Sobell, M.B., & Sobell, L.C. (Eds.) (1977). Emerging concepts of alcohol dependence. New York: Springer.
Selection of: Behavioral Sciences Book Service, Mental Health Practitioners Book Club, Listed in the Society of Clinical Psychology’s (Division 12, APA) website for Research-Supported Psychological Treatment. Listed as Guided Self-Change for Mixed Substance Abuse/Dependence [5]
  • Sobell, M.B. & Sobell, L.C. (1978). Behavioral treatment of alcohol problems: Individualized therapy and controlled drinking. New York: Plenum Press.
Translated into Italian.
  • Sobell, L.C., Sobell, M.B., & Ward, E. (Eds.). (1980). Evaluating alcohol and drug abuse treatment effectiveness: Recent advances. New York: Pergamon Press.
  • Sobell, M.B. & Sobell, L.C. (Eds.). (1987). Moderation as a goal or outcome of treatment for alcohol problems: A dialogue. New York: Haworth Press.
Book version of Drugs & Society, Special Issue.
  • Sobell, M.B. & Sobell, L. C. (1993). Problem drinkers: Guided self-change treatment. New York: Guilford Press.
Selection of: Behavioral Sciences Book Service. Psychotherapy Book Club.
  • Klingemann, H., Sobell, L. C., Barker, J., Blomqvist, J., Cloud, W., Ellingstad, T. P., Finfgeld, D., Granfield, R., Hodgins, D., Hunt, G., Junker, C., Peele, S., Smart, R., Sobell, M. B., & Tucker, J. (2001). Promoting self-change from problem substance use: Practical implications for policy, prevention, and treatment. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Sobell, L. C. & Sobell, M. B. (2011). Group therapy for substance use disorders: A motivational cognitive-behavioral approach. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-60918-051-5
Translated into Portuguese by Artmed Editora. To be translated into Spanish by Ediciones Piramide
  • Velasquez, M. M., Ingersoll, K. S., Sobell, M. B., & Sobell, L.C. (in press, 2015 ). Women and drinking: Preventing alcohol exposed pregnancies. Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe.

References

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