Allen Zweben

Allen Zweben, Ph.D. has been an active researcher in the addictions field for more than 40 years. His contributions to the addiction field have involved developing, adapting, and testing innovative behavioral treatments and medications for alcohol-related problems. Dr. Zweben has been principal investigator in large scale, multi-site, collaborative, NIH-funded clinical trials. He played a key role in developing and testing motivational enhancement therapy (MET), a brief intervention that employed motivational Interviewing strategies for alcohol-related problems. MET was tested and found to be a promising approach in a landmark study known as Project MATCH. Consequently, MET has been adapted and  employed in community agencies serving individuals having addiction and related problems He is co-author of a widely used textbook entitled “Treating Addiction: A Guide for Professionals” with Bill Miller and Alyssa Forcehimes.