Katie Witkiewitz

Katie Witkiewitz, PhD is a Regents’ Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and has worked extensively on the development of a theoretical model of biopsychosocial influences on substance use disorder and recovery. She has conducted numerous grant funded studies on the efficacy and effectiveness of mindfulness-based relapse prevention, prediction of relapse following treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders, and mechanisms of change following mindfulness-based interventions. She currently trains and supervises providers who deliver mindfulness-based relapse prevention groups in community-based treatment programs for substance use disorders.