Early in his career, he emphasized that not all alcohol problems are severe and tested briefer interventions for mid-range problem drinkers. Miller has changed the way clinicians think about the nature of substance use disorders, their treatment and the means to effect change in patients. He has been a visiting scholar at the Oregon Health & Science University, the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, Stanford University, and the University of Bergen and the Hjellestad Clinic in Norway. His primary scientific interest is in the psychology of change, but his research spans the treatment of addictive behaviors, self-regulation, spirituality and psychology, motivation for change, and pastoral psychology. He has taught a wide range of subjects, including courses on alcoholism and abnormal psychology, and seminars on positive psychology and on self-fulfilling prophecies. Miller is emeritus distinguished professor of psychology and psychiatry and affiliated with the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA) at the University of New Mexico (UNM). in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon in 1976. Miller and Stephen Rollnick are the co-founders of motivational interviewing. Note: A related 2-DVD set illustrating MI in action is available from The Change Companies.William Richard Miller (born June 27, 1947) is an American clinical psychologist, an emeritus distinguished professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
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