Through my research and teaching I seek to make a difference, and to develop students who in turn will be people prepared to make a difference.
Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
My primary research area is Motivational Interviewing - its efficacy, practice, training and implementation. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversation for strengthen a person's own motivation for change.
My other areas of research are the psychological impacts of the Canterbury earthquakes; clinical supervision and competency assessment in clinical psychology; and bicultural practice and teaching.
Recent Publications
- Barr BL., McIntosh VVW., Britt EF., Jordan J. and Carter JD. (2023) Clinical factors and early life experiences associated with therapeutic alliance development in treatment for depression or binge eating. Psychotherapy Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2191800.
- Britt E., Soleymani S., Wallace-Bell M. and Garland A. (2023) Motivational interviewing for employment: An exploration of practitioner skill and client change talk. Journal of Employment Counseling 60(1): 42-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joec.12198.
- Jones H., McIntosh VVW., Britt E., Carter JD., Jordan J. and Bulik CM. (2022) The effect of temperament and character on body dissatisfaction in women with bulimia nervosa: The role of low self-esteem and depression. European Eating Disorders Review 30(4): 388-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2899.
- Lawson R., Carter JD., Britt E., Knowles K., Then R., Vallance J., Jenkins L. and Tauamiti R. (2022) Modified metacognitive therapy for anorexia nervosa: An open trial in an outpatient setting. International Journal of Eating Disorders 55(7): 983-989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.23749.
- Soleymani S., Britt E. and Wallace-Bell M. (2022) Motivational Interviewing for Enhancing Engagement in Intimate Partner Violence Treatment: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Partner Abuse 13(1): 144-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/PA-2021-0031.