Holly Barrett Waldron, Ph.D.

Education

1979 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, B.S., Psychology

1984 - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, M.S., Clinical Psychology

1987 - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

Professional Experience

1979 - 1980
Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Child Psychiatry, Iowa City

1981-1982
Research Assistant, Salt Lake County Mental Health

1984-1985
Psychology Assistant, Neuropsychological Consultants, Salt Lake City

1985-1986
Psychology Internship, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City

1986-1987
Post-doctoral Resident, Juvenile Court Mental Health, Salt Lake City, UT

1988-1994
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Psychology Department, Albuquerque

1995
Visiting Professor, University Catholique de Louvain,Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

1984-2002
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, Psychology Department, Albuquerque

1996-present
Director, Center for Family and Adolescent Research, Albuquerque

2002-present
Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR

Current ORI Projects

Drug Use and HIV Risk: Treatment of Hispanic and Anglo Youth (VISTA-Oregon)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000 - 2005

Drug Use and HIV Risk: Treatment of Hispanic and Anglo Youth (VISTA-New Mexico)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000 - 2005

Efficacy of Treatments for Adolescent Problem Drinking (Cedar)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2002 - 2004

Barriers to Assent in Voluntary Youth Asthma Research (Assent)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2002 - 2005

Transitional Treatment for Adolescents in Family Therapy (Transitional Tx)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003 - 2007

Preventing HIV/AIDS In Treatment Resistant, Drug Abusing Youth (Tx Elusive)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2004 - 2009

Assessing Clinical Skills in Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003 - 2004

Selected Publications

Waldron, H. B., Robbins, M. S., & Alexander, J. F. (September, 2011). Functional Family Therapy: A Summary of Treatment Outcome Research from 1971 through 2011. Download pdf file

Jacobson, N. S., Waldron H., & Moore, D. (1980). Toward a behavioral profile of marital distress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 696-703.

Waldron, H. & Routh, D. K. (1981). The effect of the first child on the marital relationship. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 43, 785-788.

Alexander, J. F., Barton, C., Waldron, H., & Mas, C. H. (1983). Beyond the technology of family therapy: The anatomy of intervention model. In K. D. Craig and R. H. McMahon (Eds.), Advances in clinical behavior therapy (pp. 48-73). New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Alexander, J. F., Warburton, J., Waldron, H., & Mas, C. H. (1985). The misuse of Functional Family Therapy: A non-sexist rejoinder. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 11, 139-144.

Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Turner C. W. & Warburton, J. (1985). Generalizing treatment effects of Functional Family Therapy: Three replications. Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, 13, 16-26.

Alexander, J. F., Mas, C. H., & Waldron, H. (1987). Behavioral and systems family therapy. In R. Peters and R. J. McMahon
(Eds.), Advances in clinical behavior therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Morris, S., Alexander, J. F., & Waldron, H. (1988). Functional Family Therapy: Issues in clinical practice. In I. R. H. Falloon (Ed.), Handbook of behavioral family therapy (pp. 107-127). New York: Guilford.

Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Newberry, A., & Liddle, N. (1988). Family approaches to treating delinquents. In E. Nunnally, C. S. Chilman, and F. M. Cox (Eds.), Mental illness, delinquency, addictions, and neglect (pp. 128-146). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H. B., Barton, C., & Mas, C. H. (1989). Minimizing blaming attributions and behavior in conflicted delinquent families. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 19-24.

Waldron, H., Turner, C. W., Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1993). Coding defensive and supportive communications: Discriminant validity and subcategory convergence. Journal of Family Psychology, 7, 197-203.

Barbera, T. J., and Waldron, H. B. (1994). Sequential analysis as a method of feedback for family therapy process. American Journal of Family Therapy, 22, 156-164.

Leccese, M. & Waldron, H. B. (1994). Assessing substance abuse in adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 11, 553-563.

Miller, W. R., Westerberg, V. S., & Waldron, H. B. (1995). Evaluating alcohol problems in adults and adolescents. In R. K. Hester & W. R. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (2nd ed., pp. 61-88). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Jaderlund, N. S., & Waldron, H. B. (1997). Interpersonal problem-solving interactions of depressed adolescents and their parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 11, 234-245.

Waldron, H. B., Turner, C. W., Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., & Cline, V. B. (1997). The contribution of therapist defensiveness to marital therapy process and outcome: A path analytic approach. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 25, 40-50.

Waldron, H. B. (1997). Adolescent substance abuse and family therapy outcome: A review of randomized trials. In T. H. Ollendick & R. J. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology (Vol. 19, pp. 199-234). New York: Plenum.

Waldron, H. B. (1998). Adolescent substance abuse disorders. In A. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Comprehensive clinical psychology (Vol. 5: Children and adolescents: Clinical formulation and treatment), pp. 539-563. Elsevier Science.

Waldron, H. B., & Slesnick, N. (1998). Treating the family. In W. R. Miller and N. Heather (Eds.), Treating addictive behaviors: Processes of change (2nd ed.) pp. 271-285. New York: Plenum.

Wagner, E. F., Brown, S., Myers, M., Monti, P. M., & Waldron, H. B. (1999). Innovations in adolescent substance abuse intervention. Alcoholism, 23, 236-249.

Brody, J. L., & Waldron, H. B. (2000). Ethical issues in research on the treatment of adolescent substance abuse disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 25, 217-227.

Wagner, E.F. & Waldron, H.B. (Eds.) (2001). Innovations in adolescent substance abuse interventions. New York, Elsevier.

Wagner, E., Waldron, H., & Feder, H.B. (2001) Alcohol and drug abuse. In H. Orvaschel, J. Faust, and M. Hersen (Eds.) Handbook of conceptualization and treatment of child psychopathology. New York: Elsevier.

Waldron, H. B., Brody, J. L., & Slesnick, N. (2001). Integrated behavioral and family therapy for adolescent substance abuse, In P.M. Monti, S. M. Colby, and T. A. O’Leary (Eds.) Adolescents, alcohol, and substance abuse: Reaching teens through brief interventions (pp. 216-243). New York: Guilford.

Waldron, H. B., Miller, W. R., & Tonigan, J. S. (2001). Client anger as a predictor of differential response to treatment. In R. Longabaugh (Ed.), Project MATCH: Hypotheses, results and causal chain analyses, pp. 134-148. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research Monograph. Rockville, MD: National Institutes of Health.

Waldron, H. B., Slesnick, N., Brody, J. L., Turner, C. W., & Peterson, T. R. (2001). Treatment outcomes for adolescent substance abuse at 4- and 7-month assessments. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 802-813.

Waldron, H. B., & Flicker, S. M. (2002). Alcohol and drug abuse. In M. Hersen (Ed.), Clinical behavior therapy: adults and children (pp. 474-490). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Miller, W. R., Westerberg, V. S., & Waldron, H. B. (2003). Evaluating alcohol problems in adults and adolescents. In R. K. Hester & W. R. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3rd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Ozechowski, T. J., Turner, C. W. & Waldron, H. B. (2003). The treatment of adolescent conduct disorder and drug abuse. In T. L. Sexton, G. Weeks, & M. Robbins (Eds.) Handbook of family therapy (3rd edition), pp. 381-395. New York : Brunner-Routledge.

Wagner, E. F., Waldron, H. B., & Feder, A. B. (2003). Alcohol and drug abuse. In H. Orvaschel, J. Faust, & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of conceptualization and treatment of child psychopathology. Oxford, England: Elsevier Science.

Waldron, H. B., Turner, C. W., Ozechowski, T. J., & Hops, H. (2003). Treatment-elusive" vs traditional outpatient adolescent substance abusers: Baseline and treatment outcome differences. In Y. Kaminer & M. L. Dennis (Eds.), Effectiveness of adolescent substance abuse treatment (pp. 118-125). National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph No. 184. Rockville , MD : National Institutes of Health. [Peer-reviewed brief report.].

Dennis, M. L., Funk, R., Godley, S. H., Godley, M. D., Waldron, H. B. (2004). Cross validation of the alcohol and cannabis use measures in the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) and Timeline Followback (TLFB; Form 90) among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. Addiciton, 99, 125-133.

Waldron, H. B., & Kern-Jones, S. (2004). Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders in Children and Adolescents. In P. Barrett & T. Ollendick (Eds.), Handbook of interventions that work with children and adolescents: From prevention to treatment . New York : John Wiley & Sons.

Full Text Waldron, H. B., & Kaminer, Y. (2004). On the learning curve: The emerging evidence supporting cognitive-behavioral therapies for adolescent substance abuse. Addiction, 99, 93-105.

Ozechowski, T. J., Turner, C. W. & Waldron, H. B. (In press). The treatment of adolescent conduct disorder and drug abuse. In T. Sexton, G. Weeks, & M. Robbins (Eds.) Handbook of family therapy (3rd edition).

Full Text Waldron, H.B., Turner, C. W., & Ozechowski, T.J. (2005). Profiles of drug use behavior change for adolescents in treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 1775-1796

Kaminer, Y. & Waldron, H. B. (2006). Cognitive behavior therapy. In C. Rowe & H. Liddle (Eds.), Treating adolescent substance abuse: State of the science, pp. 396-419. New York : Cambridge University Press.

Waldron, H.B., Turner, C. W., & Ozechowski, T.J. (2006). Profiles of change in behavioral and family interventions for adolescent substance abuse and dependence. In H. A. Liddle & C. L. Rowe (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse: Research and Clinical advances, pp. 357-374. New York : Cambridge University Press.

Waldron, H. B., Kern-Jones, S., Turner, C. W. , Peterson T.R., & Ozechowski, T . (in press). Engaging Resistant Adolescents in Drug Abuse Treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Waldron, H. B., Brody, J., & Turner, C. W. (in press). Group therapy for adolescent substance use disorders. In N. Jainchill (Ed.), Understanding and treating adolescent substance use disorders. Kingston , NJ : Civic Research Institute, Inc.

Waldron, H. B., & Turner, C. B. (in press). Treatments for adolescent substance use disorders: A review of randomized trials. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology .

Full Text Waldron, H. B., Kern-Jones, S., Turner, C. W., Peterson, T. R., & Ozechowski, T. J. (in press). Engaging resistant adolescents in drug abuse treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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		Holly Barrett Waldron, Ph.D. Education Professional Experience Current ORI Projects Selected Publications
Education 1979 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, B.S., Psychology 1984 - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, M.S., Clinical Psychology 1987 - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology Professional Experience 1979 - 1980 Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Child Psychiatry, Iowa City 1981-1982 Research Assistant, Salt Lake County Mental Health 1984-1985 Psychology Assistant, Neuropsychological Consultants, Salt Lake City 1985-1986 Psychology Internship, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City 1986-1987 Post-doctoral Resident, Juvenile Court Mental Health, Salt Lake City, UT 1988-1994 Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Psychology Department, Albuquerque 1995 Visiting Professor, University Catholique de Louvain,Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 1984-2002 Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, Psychology Department, Albuquerque 1996-present Director, Center for Family and Adolescent Research, Albuquerque 2002-present Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR Current ORI Projects Drug Use and HIV Risk: Treatment of Hispanic and Anglo Youth (VISTA-Oregon) National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000 - 2005 Drug Use and HIV Risk: Treatment of Hispanic and Anglo Youth (VISTA-New Mexico) National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000 - 2005 Efficacy of Treatments for Adolescent Problem Drinking (Cedar) National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2002 - 2004 Barriers to Assent in Voluntary Youth Asthma Research (Assent) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2002 - 2005 Transitional Treatment for Adolescents in Family Therapy (Transitional Tx) National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003 - 2007 Preventing HIV/AIDS In Treatment Resistant, Drug Abusing Youth (Tx Elusive) National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2004 - 2009 Assessing Clinical Skills in Functional Family Therapy (FFT) National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2003 - 2004 Selected Publications Waldron, H. B., Robbins, M. S., & Alexander, J. F. (September, 2011). Functional Family Therapy: A Summary of Treatment Outcome Research from 1971 through 2011. Download pdf file Jacobson, N. S., Waldron H., & Moore, D. (1980). Toward a behavioral profile of marital distress. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 696-703. Waldron, H. & Routh, D. K. (1981). The effect of the first child on the marital relationship. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 43, 785-788. Alexander, J. F., Barton, C., Waldron, H., & Mas, C. H. (1983). Beyond the technology of family therapy: The anatomy of intervention model. In K. D. Craig and R. H. McMahon (Eds.), Advances in clinical behavior therapy (pp. 48-73). New York: Brunner/Mazel. Alexander, J. F., Warburton, J., Waldron, H., & Mas, C. H. (1985). The misuse of Functional Family Therapy: A non-sexist rejoinder. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 11, 139-144. Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Turner C. W. & Warburton, J. (1985). Generalizing treatment effects of Functional Family Therapy: Three replications. Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, 13, 16-26. Alexander, J. F., Mas, C. H., & Waldron, H. (1987). Behavioral and systems family therapy. In R. Peters and R. J. McMahon (Eds.), Advances in clinical behavior therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel. Morris, S., Alexander, J. F., & Waldron, H. (1988). Functional Family Therapy: Issues in clinical practice. In I. R. H. Falloon (Ed.), Handbook of behavioral family therapy (pp. 107-127). New York: Guilford. Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H., Newberry, A., & Liddle, N. (1988). Family approaches to treating delinquents. In E. Nunnally, C. S. Chilman, and F. M. Cox (Eds.), Mental illness, delinquency, addictions, and neglect (pp. 128-146). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. Alexander, J. F., Waldron, H. B., Barton, C., & Mas, C. H. (1989). Minimizing blaming attributions and behavior in conflicted delinquent families. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57, 19-24. Waldron, H., Turner, C. W., Alexander, J. F., & Barton, C. (1993). Coding defensive and supportive communications: Discriminant validity and subcategory convergence. Journal of Family Psychology, 7, 197-203. Barbera, T. J., and Waldron, H. B. (1994). Sequential analysis as a method of feedback for family therapy process. American Journal of Family Therapy, 22, 156-164. Leccese, M. & Waldron, H. B. (1994). Assessing substance abuse in adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 11, 553-563. Miller, W. R., Westerberg, V. S., & Waldron, H. B. (1995). Evaluating alcohol problems in adults and adolescents. In R. K. Hester & W. R. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (2nd ed., pp. 61-88). New York: Allyn & Bacon. Jaderlund, N. S., & Waldron, H. B. (1997). Interpersonal problem-solving interactions of depressed adolescents and their parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 11, 234-245. Waldron, H. B., Turner, C. W., Barton, C., Alexander, J. F., & Cline, V. B. (1997). The contribution of therapist defensiveness to marital therapy process and outcome: A path analytic approach. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 25, 40-50. Waldron, H. B. (1997). Adolescent substance abuse and family therapy outcome: A review of randomized trials. In T. H. Ollendick & R. J. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology (Vol. 19, pp. 199-234). New York: Plenum. Waldron, H. B. (1998). Adolescent substance abuse disorders. In A. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Comprehensive clinical psychology (Vol. 5: Children and adolescents: Clinical formulation and treatment), pp. 539-563. Elsevier Science. Waldron, H. B., & Slesnick, N. (1998). Treating the family. In W. R. Miller and N. Heather (Eds.), Treating addictive behaviors: Processes of change (2nd ed.) pp. 271-285. New York: Plenum. Wagner, E. F., Brown, S., Myers, M., Monti, P. M., & Waldron, H. B. (1999). Innovations in adolescent substance abuse intervention. Alcoholism, 23, 236-249. Brody, J. L., & Waldron, H. B. (2000). Ethical issues in research on the treatment of adolescent substance abuse disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 25, 217-227. Wagner, E.F. & Waldron, H.B. (Eds.) (2001). Innovations in adolescent substance abuse interventions. New York, Elsevier. Wagner, E., Waldron, H., & Feder, H.B. (2001) Alcohol and drug abuse. In H. Orvaschel, J. Faust, and M. Hersen (Eds.) Handbook of conceptualization and treatment of child psychopathology. New York: Elsevier. Waldron, H. B., Brody, J. L., & Slesnick, N. (2001). Integrated behavioral and family therapy for adolescent substance abuse, In P.M. Monti, S. M. Colby, and T. A. O’Leary (Eds.) Adolescents, alcohol, and substance abuse: Reaching teens through brief interventions (pp. 216-243). New York: Guilford. Waldron, H. B., Miller, W. R., & Tonigan, J. S. (2001). Client anger as a predictor of differential response to treatment. In R. Longabaugh (Ed.), Project MATCH: Hypotheses, results and causal chain analyses, pp. 134-148. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research Monograph. Rockville, MD: National Institutes of Health. Waldron, H. B., Slesnick, N., Brody, J. L., Turner, C. W., & Peterson, T. R. (2001). Treatment outcomes for adolescent substance abuse at 4- and 7-month assessments. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 802-813. Waldron, H. B., & Flicker, S. M. (2002). Alcohol and drug abuse. In M. Hersen (Ed.), Clinical behavior therapy: adults and children (pp. 474-490). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Miller, W. R., Westerberg, V. S., & Waldron, H. B. (2003). Evaluating alcohol problems in adults and adolescents. In R. K. Hester & W. R. Miller (Eds.), Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3rd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon. Ozechowski, T. J., Turner, C. W. & Waldron, H. B. (2003). The treatment of adolescent conduct disorder and drug abuse. In T. L. Sexton, G. Weeks, & M. Robbins (Eds.) Handbook of family therapy (3rd edition), pp. 381-395. New York : Brunner-Routledge. Wagner, E. F., Waldron, H. B., & Feder, A. B. (2003). Alcohol and drug abuse. In H. Orvaschel, J. Faust, & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of conceptualization and treatment of child psychopathology. Oxford, England: Elsevier Science. Waldron, H. B., Turner, C. W., Ozechowski, T. J., & Hops, H. (2003). Treatment-elusive" vs traditional outpatient adolescent substance abusers: Baseline and treatment outcome differences. In Y. Kaminer & M. L. Dennis (Eds.), Effectiveness of adolescent substance abuse treatment (pp. 118-125). National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph No. 184. Rockville , MD : National Institutes of Health. [Peer-reviewed brief report.]. Dennis, M. L., Funk, R., Godley, S. H., Godley, M. D., Waldron, H. B. (2004). Cross validation of the alcohol and cannabis use measures in the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) and Timeline Followback (TLFB; Form 90) among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. Addiciton, 99, 125-133. Waldron, H. B., & Kern-Jones, S. (2004). Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders in Children and Adolescents. In P. Barrett & T. Ollendick (Eds.), Handbook of interventions that work with children and adolescents: From prevention to treatment . New York : John Wiley & Sons. Full Text Waldron, H. B., & Kaminer, Y. (2004). On the learning curve: The emerging evidence supporting cognitive-behavioral therapies for adolescent substance abuse. Addiction, 99, 93-105. Ozechowski, T. J., Turner, C. W. & Waldron, H. B. (In press). The treatment of adolescent conduct disorder and drug abuse. In T. Sexton, G. Weeks, & M. Robbins (Eds.) Handbook of family therapy (3rd edition). Full Text Waldron, H.B., Turner, C. W., & Ozechowski, T.J. (2005). Profiles of drug use behavior change for adolescents in treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 1775-1796 Kaminer, Y. & Waldron, H. B. (2006). Cognitive behavior therapy. In C. Rowe & H. Liddle (Eds.), Treating adolescent substance abuse: State of the science, pp. 396-419. New York : Cambridge University Press. Waldron, H.B., Turner, C. W., & Ozechowski, T.J. (2006). Profiles of change in behavioral and family interventions for adolescent substance abuse and dependence. In H. A. Liddle & C. L. Rowe (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse: Research and Clinical advances, pp. 357-374. New York : Cambridge University Press. Waldron, H. B., Kern-Jones, S., Turner, C. W. , Peterson T.R., & Ozechowski, T . (in press). Engaging Resistant Adolescents in Drug Abuse Treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Waldron, H. B., Brody, J., & Turner, C. W. (in press). Group therapy for adolescent substance use disorders. In N. Jainchill (Ed.), Understanding and treating adolescent substance use disorders. Kingston , NJ : Civic Research Institute, Inc. Waldron, H. B., & Turner, C. B. (in press). Treatments for adolescent substance use disorders: A review of randomized trials. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology . Full Text Waldron, H. B., Kern-Jones, S., Turner, C. W., Peterson, T. R., & Ozechowski, T. J. (in press). Engaging resistant adolescents in drug abuse treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment back to top