Michael J. Lambert, PhD is a Professor and holds the Susa young Gates University Professorship at Brigham Young University, teaching in the Clinical Psychology Program. He has been in private practice as a psychotherapist throughout his career. His teaching includes classes in psychotherapy, psychotherapy supervision, and clinical research methods. His research spans 35 years and has emphasized psychotherapy outcome, process, and the measurement of change.  He has edited, authored, or co-authored 9 academic research-based books, and 40 book chapters, while publishing over 150 scientific articles on treatment outcome.  He has given over 200 presentations across the world, many of them invited addresses.

Dr Lambert received the Brigham Young University’s highest honor for faculty research, the Maeser Award, in recognition of his cumulative research accomplishments. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Psychologist Award from Division 29 (psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, and the Academic Excellence Award form the Utah Psychological Association. In 2003 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Career Research Award by The Society of Psychotherapy Research for his lifetime contributions to research on professional practice. He completed a 5-year appointment as Associate Editor of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, making editorial decisions on 100 manuscripts per year.  In 2004, he edited Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, the most authoritative summary of the effects of psychological treatments.

His current program of research focuses on reducing treatment failure and non response through the use of advanced statistical methods and computer applications.  This work is summarized in a recent book published by the American Psychological Association: Prevention of Treatment Failure: The use of measuring, monitoring, and feedback in clinical practice.