2015
Imel, Z.E. (June, 2015). Computational approaches to mining the raw data of psychotherapy. In O. Gelo (Chair), Text analysis in psychotherapy research: Between quantitative and qualitative approaches. Participant in structured Discussion at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Imel, Z.E., Sheng, E., Baldwin, S.A., & Atkins, D.C. (June, 2015). Removing very lowperforming therapists: A simulation of performance-based retention in psychotherapy. Paper presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dembe, A., & Imel, Z.E. (June, 2015). Co-variation of therapist and client emotional valence in Motivational Interviewing. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pace, B., & Imel, Z.E. (June, 2015). Using the wisdom of the client crowd to predict therapist performance. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bryan, C.J., Griffith, J., Pace, B.T., Hinkson, K., Bryan, A.O., Clemans, T.A., & Imel, Z.E. (June 2015). Combat exposure and risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among military personnel and veterans: a systematic review and meta-analysis. In C.J. Bryan (Chair), Advances in understanding suicide in the U.S. military. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Canada.
Imel, Z.E., Xiao, B., Georgiou, P., Narayanan, S., & Atkins, D. (May, 2015). Scaling up the evaluation of Motivational Interviewing: Modeling MI adherence with statistical text mining and speech signal processing. In S. Martino (Chair), Training Motivational Interviewing: New Directions in Research. Symposium presented at the 27th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, New York, NY.
Soma, C. S., & Imel, Z. E. (2015, April). Social Regulation of Emotion: A mechanism in patienttherapist interactions in psychotherapy. Poster presented at the Graduate Student Research Fair, College of Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Imel, Z. E., & Soma, C. S. (2015, March). Computational Psychotherapy Research. Presentation to Learning Sciences Program, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
2014
Atkins, D.A., & Imel, Z.E. (May, 2014). Computational psychotherapy research: Can we use technology to scale up patient/provider evaluation? Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Imel, Z.E. (June, 2014). Empathy: What is it, and how do we measure it? The Language of Interaction: Quantitative Tools from Engineering, Computer Science, and Clinical Psychology. Volkswagenstiftung, Heidelberg, Germany.
Xiao, B., Bone, D., Van Segbroeck, Imel, Z.E., Atkins, D.C., Georgiou, P.G., & Narayanan, S.S. (September, 2014). Modeling therapist empathy through prosody in drug addiction counseling. Paper presented at Interspeech, Lyon, France.
Steyvers, M., Imel, Z.E., Atkins, D., & Smyth, P. (October, 2014). Computational Psychotherapy. Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Behavioral Sciences. Seoul, Korea.
Atkins, D.A, Imel, Z.E, Steyvers, M. (November, 2014). How text-mining methods can enhance psychotherapy mechanism research. In (N. Jacobson, Chair). Novel Analytic Methods to Clinical Psychology. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Lord, S.P., Sheng, E., Imel, Z.E., Baer, J.S., & Atkins, D.A. (November, 2014). More Than Reflections: Empathic Listening in Motivational Interviewing Includes Language Style Matching Between Counselor and Client. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Pace, B., Imel, Z.E., Atkins, D.A., Baldwin, S.A., Lord, S.P., Dembe, A., Soma, T. (November, 2014). Why Does Motivational interviewing Work? A Network Meta-Analysis of Adherence and Outcomes. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Atkins, D.A., & Imel, Z.E. (Chairs, November, 2014) “Siri, Rate My Therapist”: Interdisciplinary Research on Scaling Up the Evaluation of Psychotherapy. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Imel, Z.E., Lord, S.P., Sheng, E., & Baer, J.S., (November, 2014). Translational psychotherapy research: using computational methods to study the basic psychological processes of psychotherapy. In (Dave Atkins & Zac Imel, Chairs) “Siri, Rate My Therapist”: Interdisciplinary Research on Scaling Up the Evaluation of Psychotherapy. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Baucom, B.R., Crenshaw, A.O., Atkins, D.C., Imel, Z.E., Bryan, C.J. (November, 2014). Collaborative emotional processes during crisis intervention for suicidality. In (Craig Bryan, Chair) Brief Cognitive Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Suicide Attempts in Military Personnel. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Melling, A., & Imel, Z.E. (November, 2014). The 80/20 Problem at the UCC: “Brief Treatment” and the Utilization of Services in the University Counseling Center. Presentation to University Counseling Center Staff Development Seminar. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (October, 2014). Empathy and the Machine. Data Group Meeting, School of Computing, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (April, 2014). Towards machine generated therapist feedback. Didactics for Psychology Interns, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (April, 2014). Computational psychotherapy research: Implications of scaling up the evaluation of client-therapist interactions. Presentation to University Counseling Center Staff Development Seminar. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (June, 2015). Computational approaches to mining the raw data of psychotherapy. In O. Gelo (Chair), Text analysis in psychotherapy research: Between quantitative and qualitative approaches. Participant in structured Discussion at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Imel, Z.E., Sheng, E., Baldwin, S.A., & Atkins, D.C. (June, 2015). Removing very lowperforming therapists: A simulation of performance-based retention in psychotherapy. Paper presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dembe, A., & Imel, Z.E. (June, 2015). Co-variation of therapist and client emotional valence in Motivational Interviewing. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pace, B., & Imel, Z.E. (June, 2015). Using the wisdom of the client crowd to predict therapist performance. Poster presented at the 46th annual meeting of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bryan, C.J., Griffith, J., Pace, B.T., Hinkson, K., Bryan, A.O., Clemans, T.A., & Imel, Z.E. (June 2015). Combat exposure and risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among military personnel and veterans: a systematic review and meta-analysis. In C.J. Bryan (Chair), Advances in understanding suicide in the U.S. military. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Montreal, Canada.
Imel, Z.E., Xiao, B., Georgiou, P., Narayanan, S., & Atkins, D. (May, 2015). Scaling up the evaluation of Motivational Interviewing: Modeling MI adherence with statistical text mining and speech signal processing. In S. Martino (Chair), Training Motivational Interviewing: New Directions in Research. Symposium presented at the 27th Association of Psychological Science Annual Convention, New York, NY.
Soma, C. S., & Imel, Z. E. (2015, April). Social Regulation of Emotion: A mechanism in patienttherapist interactions in psychotherapy. Poster presented at the Graduate Student Research Fair, College of Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Imel, Z. E., & Soma, C. S. (2015, March). Computational Psychotherapy Research. Presentation to Learning Sciences Program, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
2014
Atkins, D.A., & Imel, Z.E. (May, 2014). Computational psychotherapy research: Can we use technology to scale up patient/provider evaluation? Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Imel, Z.E. (June, 2014). Empathy: What is it, and how do we measure it? The Language of Interaction: Quantitative Tools from Engineering, Computer Science, and Clinical Psychology. Volkswagenstiftung, Heidelberg, Germany.
Xiao, B., Bone, D., Van Segbroeck, Imel, Z.E., Atkins, D.C., Georgiou, P.G., & Narayanan, S.S. (September, 2014). Modeling therapist empathy through prosody in drug addiction counseling. Paper presented at Interspeech, Lyon, France.
Steyvers, M., Imel, Z.E., Atkins, D., & Smyth, P. (October, 2014). Computational Psychotherapy. Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Behavioral Sciences. Seoul, Korea.
Atkins, D.A, Imel, Z.E, Steyvers, M. (November, 2014). How text-mining methods can enhance psychotherapy mechanism research. In (N. Jacobson, Chair). Novel Analytic Methods to Clinical Psychology. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Lord, S.P., Sheng, E., Imel, Z.E., Baer, J.S., & Atkins, D.A. (November, 2014). More Than Reflections: Empathic Listening in Motivational Interviewing Includes Language Style Matching Between Counselor and Client. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Pace, B., Imel, Z.E., Atkins, D.A., Baldwin, S.A., Lord, S.P., Dembe, A., Soma, T. (November, 2014). Why Does Motivational interviewing Work? A Network Meta-Analysis of Adherence and Outcomes. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Atkins, D.A., & Imel, Z.E. (Chairs, November, 2014) “Siri, Rate My Therapist”: Interdisciplinary Research on Scaling Up the Evaluation of Psychotherapy. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Imel, Z.E., Lord, S.P., Sheng, E., & Baer, J.S., (November, 2014). Translational psychotherapy research: using computational methods to study the basic psychological processes of psychotherapy. In (Dave Atkins & Zac Imel, Chairs) “Siri, Rate My Therapist”: Interdisciplinary Research on Scaling Up the Evaluation of Psychotherapy. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Baucom, B.R., Crenshaw, A.O., Atkins, D.C., Imel, Z.E., Bryan, C.J. (November, 2014). Collaborative emotional processes during crisis intervention for suicidality. In (Craig Bryan, Chair) Brief Cognitive Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Suicide Attempts in Military Personnel. Symposium presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 48th Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Melling, A., & Imel, Z.E. (November, 2014). The 80/20 Problem at the UCC: “Brief Treatment” and the Utilization of Services in the University Counseling Center. Presentation to University Counseling Center Staff Development Seminar. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (October, 2014). Empathy and the Machine. Data Group Meeting, School of Computing, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (April, 2014). Towards machine generated therapist feedback. Didactics for Psychology Interns, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Imel, Z.E. (April, 2014). Computational psychotherapy research: Implications of scaling up the evaluation of client-therapist interactions. Presentation to University Counseling Center Staff Development Seminar. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
