Foundation Professor, Clinical Psychology
Phone: (775) 682-8698
Office: Mack Social Science Room 331
Email: hayes@unr.edu
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
Foundation Professor, Clinical Psychology
Phone: (775) 682-8698
Office: Mack Social Science Room 331
Email: hayes@unr.edu
Main Interests
Links
Sample of Publications
Hayes, S.C., Strosahl, K.D., Wilson, D.G., Bissett, R. T., Pistorello, J., Toarmino, D., Polusny, M., A., Dykstra, T.A., Batten, S. V., Bergan, J., Stewart, S.H., Zvolensky, M.J., Eifert, G.H., Bond, F.W., Forsyth, J.P., Karekla, M., & McCurry, S.M. (in press). Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model. The Psychological Record.
Hayes, S.C., Masuda, A., Bissett, R., Luoma, J. & Guerrero, L.F. (in press). DBT, FAP, and ACT: How empirically oriented are the new behavior therapy technologies? Behavior Therapy.
Hayes, S.C. (in press). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the third wave of behavior therapy. Behavior Therapy.
Bach, P. & Hayes, S.C. (2002). The use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to prevent the rehospitalization of psychotic patients: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70 (5), 1129-1139.
Hayes, S.C., (2002). Buddhism and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 9, 58-66.
Hayes, S. C., Bissett, R., Korn, Z., Zettle, R.D., Rosenfarb, I., Cooper, L., & Grundt, A. (1999). The impact of acceptance versus control rationales on pain tolerance. The Psychological Record, 49, 33-47.
Sample of Books
Hayes, S.C., Follette, V.M., & Linehan, M. (in press). Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Relationship: Expanding the Cognitive Behavioral Tradition. New York: Guilford Press.
Hayes, S.C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Roche, B. (2001). Relational Frame Theory: A Post-Skinnerian Account of Human Language and Cognition. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Hayes, S.C., Strosahl, K., & Wilson, K.G. (1999). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experimental Approach to Behavior Change. New York: Guilford Press.
O´Donohue, W.T., Fisher, J.E., & Hayes, S.C. (2003). Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Guide for Clinicians. New York: Wiley.
O´Donohue, W.T., Henderson, D.A., Hayes, S.C., Fisher, J.E., & Hayes, L.J. (2001). A History of the Behavioral Therapies: Founders´ Person Histories. Reno, NV: Context Press.
Hayes, S. C., Barlow, D. H., & Nelson-Grey, R. O. (1999). The Scientist-Practitioner: Research and Accountability in the Age of Managed Care (2nd edition). New York: Allyn and Bacon.
Memberships
Honors
Major Offices
Grants (selection)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Reducing Felt Stigma in SUD," $435,000., 2003-2006, S.C. Hayes, Co-investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Distress Tolerance Treatment for Early Smoking Lapsers," $1,068,000., 2003-2006, S.C. Hayes, Co-investigator (Richard Brown, principle investigator).
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, "Nevada Practice to Research Collaboration," $1,200,000., 2001-2004, S.C. Hayes, Co-investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Mathematical Modeling of Clinical Interactions in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, $50,000. supplement, 2002-2003, S.C. Hayes, Principal investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Acceptance, Support, and Bupropion in the Treatment of Nicotine Dependent Smokers," $1,276,000., 2000-2003, S.C. Hayes, Principle Investigator.
National Cancer Institute, "Acceptance Treatment and Smoking Cessation," $114,000., 2000-2001, S.C. Hayes, Co-investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Acceptance and the Treatment of Polydrug Abusing Methadone Maintenance Clients," $1,224,000., 1997-2000, S.C. Hayes, Principle investigator.
National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Acceptance Theory and the Treatment of Polydrug Abuse," $356,000., 1993-1995, S.C. Hayes, Principal investigator.
National Science Foundation, "U.S. - Japan Seminar: Implications of Contemporary Behavioral Research on Language Pragmatics and Derived Stimulus Relations," $22,000., S.C. Hayes and L.J. Hayes, Principal organizers.
Major Appointed Positions
2003 - Member, Clinical Trials Network Evaluation Taskforce, National Institute on Drug Abuse
1999-2003 - Member, National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
1999-2003 - Member, Sub-Committee on Community Members of Scientific Review Committees National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
1999-Present - Member, Clinical Trials Network Advisory Committee, National Institute on Drug Abuse
1997-2002 - Co-Chair, Practice Guidelines Coalition
1987 - Founded and chaired the organizing committee for the Assembly for Scientific and Applied Psychology (the progenitor of the American Psychological Society)
ACT Training
A note on training in ACT for potential students in clinical psychology at UNR.
Some students come to the clinical program (whether they end up in my lab or not) wanting training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I am usually happy to provide it but students need to know that ACT is based on the view that most psychological suffering is caused by experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion and that working effectively on these issues with clients requires that you yourself face your own difficult thoughts and feelings. In part for that reason, I believe that you cannot responsibly learn ACT as a mere technology to apply to others. Thus, students learning ACT from me are asked to do intensive, experiential workshops as part of their training. Typically, I ask students to do that before taking on any ACT clients. All ACT trainers work hard to protect privacy, but the work can be emotional and initially painful: you need to decide if you are ready for that kind of training. As a matter of informed consent, you should not come to UNR expecting to learn ACT from me without the decision to be willing to explore difficult personal territory as part of that training. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or need further clarification.