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

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Relational Frame Theory and the Behavioral analysis of language and cognition
• Acceptance and Mindfulness
• Values and Commitment

Links

• Website for all things ACT and RFT related: www.contextualpsychology.org
• Context Press website-www.contextpress.com
• Personal website: www.stevenchayes.com

Sample of Publications (of 430)

Hayes, S. C., Wilson, K. W., Gifford, E. V., Follette, V. M., & Strosahl, K. (1996). Emotional avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 1152-1168.

Hayes, S. C.& Bissett, R. (1998). Derived stimulus relations produce mediated and episodic priming. The Psychological Record, 48, 617-630.

Strosahl, K. D., Hayes, S. C., Bergan, J., & Romano, P. (1998). Assessing the field effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An example of the manipulated training research method. Behavior Therapy, 29, 35-64.

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.

Hayes,S.C., (2002). Buddhism and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 9, 58-66.

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. & Wilson, K. G. (2003). Mindfulness as a method and process. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 161-165.

Hayes, S. C., Masuda, A., Bissett, R., Luoma, J. & Guerrero, L. F. (2004). DBT, FAP, and ACT: How empirically oriented are the new behavior therapy technologies? Behavior Therapy, 35, 35-54.

Masuda, A., Hayes, S. C., Sackett, C. F., & Twohig, M. P. (2004). Cognitive defusion and self-relevant negative thoughts: Examining the impact of a ninety year old technique. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 477-485.

Hayes, S. C. (2004). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory, and the third wave of behavior therapy. Behavior Therapy, 35, 639-665.

Hayes, S. C., Wilson, K. G., Gifford, E. V., Bissett, R., Piasecki, M., Batten, S. V., Byrd, M., & Gregg, J. (2004). A randomized controlled trial of twelve-step facilitation and acceptance and commitment therapy with polysubstance abusing methadone maintained opiate addicts. Behavior Therapy, 35, 667-688.

Gifford, E. V., Kohlenberg, B. S., Hayes, S. C., Antonuccio, D. O., Piasecki, M. M., Rasmussen-Hall, M. L., & Palm, K. M. (2004). Applying a functional acceptance based model to smoking cessation: An initial trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 35, 689-705.

Hayes, S. C., Bissett, R., Roget, N., Padilla, M., Kohlenberg, B. S., Fisher, G., Masuda, A., Pistorello, J., Rye, A. K., Berry, K. & Niccolls, R. (2004).  The impact of acceptance and commitment training and multicultural training on the stigmatizing attitudes and professional burnout of substance abuse counselors. Behavior Therapy, 35, 821-835.

Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., Wilson, K. 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. (2004). Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model. The Psychological Record, 54, 553-578.

Hayes, S. C., Luoma, J., Bond, F., Masuda, A., and Lillis, J. (2006). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Model, processes, and outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1-25.

Masuda, A., Hayes, S. C., Fletcher, L. B., Seignourel, P. J., Bunting, K., Herbst, S. A., Twohig, M. P., & Lillis, J. (2007). The impact of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy versus education on stigma toward people with psychological disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(11), 2764-2772.

Hayes, S. C., & Plumb, J. C. (2007). Mindfulness from the bottom up: Providing an inductive framework for understanding mindfulness processes and their application to human suffering. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 242-248.

Twohig, M. P., Shoenberger, D., &  Hayes, S. C. (2007). A preliminary investigation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a treatment for marijuana dependence in adults. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 619-632.

Lappalainen, R., Lehtonen, T., Skarp, E., Taubert, E., Ojanen, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2007). The impact of CBT and ACT models using psychology trainee therapists: A preliminary controlled effectiveness trial. Behavior Modification, 31, 488-511.

Gregg, J. A., Callaghan, G. M., Hayes, S. C., & Glenn-Lawson, J. L. (2007). Improving diabetes self-management through acceptance, mindfulness, and values: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(2), 336-343.

Shawyer, F., Ratcliff, K., Mackinnon, A., Farhall, J., Hayes, S. C., & Copolov, D. (2007). The Voices Acceptance and Action Scale: Pilot data. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63, 593-606.

Berens, N. M. & Hayes, S. C. (2007). Arbitrarily applicable comparative relations: Experimental evidence for a relational operant. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 45-71.

Pierson, H. & Hayes, S. C. (2007).  Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to empower the therapeutic relationship. Chapter in P. Gilbert & R. Leahy (Eds.), The Therapeutic Relationship in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (pp. 205-228). London: Routledge.

Luoma, J. B., Twohig, M. P., Waltz, T., Hayes, S. C., Roget, N., Padilla, M., & Fisher, G. (2007). An investigation of stigma in individuals receiving treatment for substance abuse. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1331-1346.

Westin, V., Andersson, G., & Hayes, S. C. (2008). Is it the sound or your relationship to it? The role of acceptance in predicting tinnitus impact. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 1259-1265.

Hayes, S. C. (2008). Climbing our hills: A beginning conversation on the comparison of ACT and traditional CBT. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 15, 286-295.

Biglan, A., Hayes, S. C., & Pistorello, J. (2008). Acceptance and commitment: Implications for prevention science. Prevention Science, 9, 139-152.

Ju, W. C., & Hayes, S. C. (2008). Verbal establishing stimuli: Testing the motivative effect of stimuli in a derived relation with consequences. The Psychological Record, 58, 339-363.

Lundgren, T., Dahl, J., & Hayes, S. C. (2008). Evaluation of mediators of change in the treatment of epilepsy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 225-235.

Varra, A. A., Hayes, S. C., Roget, N., & Fisher, G. (2008).  A randomized control trial examining the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Training on clinician willingness to use evidence-based pharmacotherapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 449-458.

Luoma, J. B., Kohlenberg, B. S., Hayes, S. C., Bunting, K. & Rye, A. K. (2008). Reducing the self stigma of substance abuse through acceptance and commitment therapy: Model, manual development, and pilot outcomes. Addiction Research & Therapy, 16, 149-165.

Lillis, J., Hayes, S. C., Bunting, K., Masuda, A. (2009). Teaching acceptance and mindfulness to improve the lives of the obese: A preliminary test of a theoretical model. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 37, 58-69.

Lipkens, G. & Hayes, S. C. (2009). Producing and recognizing analogical relations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 91, 105-126.

Hesser, H., Westin, V., Hayes, S. C., & Andersson, G. (in press). Clients’ in-session acceptance and cognitive defusion behaviors in acceptance-based treatment of tinnitus distress. Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Luoma, J. B., O’Hair, A. K., Kohlenberg, B. S., Hayes, S. C., & Fletcher, L. (in press). The development and psychometric properties of a new measure of perceived stigma toward substance users. Substance Use and Misuse.

Hayes, S. C. & Pistorello, P. (in press). Finding the cutting edge in ACT and RFT. Clinical Mental Health.

Vilardaga, R., Hayes, S. C., Levin, M. E., & Muto, T. (in press). Creating a strategy for progress: A contextual behavioral science approach. The Behavior Analyst.

Hayes, S. C., Levin, M., Plumb, J., Boulanger, J., & Pistorello, J. (in press). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and contextual behavioral science: Examining the progress of a distinctive model of behavioral and cognitive therapy. Behavior Therapy.

Masuda, A., Hayes, S. C., Twohig, M. P., Drossel C., Lillis, J., & Washio, Y. (in press). A parametric study of cognitive defusion and the believability and discomfort of negative self-relevant thoughts. Behavior Modification.

Sample of Books (of 33)

Twohig, M., & Hayes, S. C. (2008). ACT verbatim: Depression and Anxiety. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger; Reno, NV: Context Press.

Greco, L. & Hayes, S. C. (2008) (Eds.). Acceptance and mindfulness treatments for children and adolescents: A practitioner’s guide. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

30. Luoma, J., Hayes, S. C. & Walser, R. (2007). Learning ACT. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Gregg, J., Callaghan, G., & Hayes, S. C.  (2007). The diabetes lifestyle book: Facing your fears and making changes for a long and healthy life. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Hayes, S. C. & Smith, S. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life: The new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Dahl, J., Wilson, K. G., Luciano, C., & Hayes, S. C. (2005). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for chronic pain. Reno, NV: Context Press.

Hayes, S. C. & Strosahl, K. D. (2004) (Eds.). A practical guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Hayes, S.C., Follette, V.M., & Linehan, M. (2004). 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

• American Psychological Society
• American Psychological Association
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• Association for Behavior Analysis
• Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

Honors

• Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,2007
• Impact of Science on Application, Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis
• Listed as the 9^th most productive out of 1,927 clinical faculty members in the USA, 2000-2004. Citation: Stewart, P. K., Wu, Y. P. and Roberts, M. C. (2007). Top producers of scholarly publications in clinical psychology PhD programs. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(12), 1209–1215.
• Nevada Psychological Association James Mikawa Psychologist of the Year Award, 2006
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, 2000
• Don F. Hake Award for Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applicaitons. Division 25 (Experimental Analysis of Behavior) of the American Psychological Association, 2000
• Award for Excellence, Nevada Tobacco Prevention Coalition, 2001
• University and Community College System of Nevada Regents´ Researcher Award (statewide researcher of the year in Nevada), 2000
• University of Nevada, Reno Outstanding Researcher of the Year, 1997
• Fellow, American College of Mental Health Administration, 2002
• Fellow, Western Psychological Association, 1993
• Fellow, American Association of Applied and Preventative Psychology, 1991
• Fellow, American Psycyological Society, 1989
• Fellow, Division 12 - Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association, 1986
• Fellow, Division 25 - The Experimental Analysis of Behavior of the American Psychological Association, 1985
• Named University of Nevada Foundation Professor, 1992
• Listed by the Institute for Scientific Information and the American Psychological Society as 30th on the list of the top 50 psychologists inthe world as measured by citation impact during 1986-1990, 1992

Major Offices

• Chair, World Congress of Cognitive and Behavioral and Therapies 2008-2011o:p>
• President, Association for Contextual Behavioral Science    2007-2008
• President, Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, 1996-1997
• President, American Association of Applied Preventative Psychology, 1994-1996
• Vice-President, American Association of Applied and Preventative Psychology, 1993-1994
• Secretary-Treasurer, American Psychological Society, 1988-1989
• President, Division 25 (Experimental Analysis of Behavior), American Psychological Associaiton, 1986-1987

Grants (selection)

National Institute on Mental Health, “Prevention of Suicidality in College Students: A Common Core Process Approach,” $2,810,000. S. C. Hayes, Co-Principal-investigator. August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2013

Australian National Mental Health Research, "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Medication Resistant Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial," $525,000. 2007-2010, S. C. Hayes, Co-investigator (John Farhall and Frances Shawyer, Principal investigators).

National Institute on Mental Health, “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.”  $429,000. August 1, 2006- July 31, 2009, S. C. Hayes, Principal-investigator.

National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Stigma and Burnout in Addiction Counselors,” R01 DAO17868, $1,531,500, August 1, 2005- July 31, 2009, S. C. Hayes, Principal-investigator.

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

Chair, International Affairs Committee, Association for Behavior and Cognitive herapies                                               2007-2010

Member, Interventions Committee for Adult Mood and Anxiety Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health,                                                                                                                                2006-2007

Member, Board of Directors, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies                         2005-2007

Trustee, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies                                                2003-2006 (term)

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

1999-2004 - 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)

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