Research in mental health care provides opportunities to explore and understand complex phenomena in a standardized and systematic way. Our clinic conducts both process and outcome research as part of an ongoing effort to insure quality treatment is offered to our clients. Research allows us to find answers to questions such as what are the most effective ways to treat mental health disorders or how best to know whether a particular intervention is making a difference. The risks associated with participating in research are generally no greater than the risks associated with counseling. If you choose to give your consent for clinical data collected as part of treatment to be used in research studies, please note that we remove any identifying information about you as a patient so research investigators will not be privy to your confidential mental health information. We safeguard and protect your rights as a client at all times. Furthermore, treatment at our clinic is not contingent upon your participation in research and no services will be withheld from you if you choose not to participate in research. Your consent is voluntary and you can withdraw you consent at any time.
Our clinic is an approved externship site associated with Brigham Young University and all research proposals are submitted to the BYU Internal Review Board for Research with Human Subjects. We also adhere to the standards establish for research by the American Psychological Association.
Recent Publications by Staff Members
Reid, R. C., Harper, J. M., & Anderson, E. H. (2009). Coping strategies used by hypersexual patients to defend against the painful effects of shame. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 16(2), 125–138.
Reid, R.C., Carpenter, B.N., & Lloyd, T.Q. (2009). Assessing psychological symptom patterns of patients seeking help for hypersexual behavior. Journal of Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 24(1), 47–63.
Reid, R. C. & Carpenter, B. N. (2009). Exploring relationships of psychopathology in hypersexual patients using the MMPI-2. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 35(4), 294-310.
Reid, R. C. & Carpenter, B. N. (2009). Demoralization, hypomanic activation, and disconstraint scores on MMPI-2 scales as significant predictors of hypersexual behavior. Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 16(3), 173-189.
Reid, R.C., Carpenter, B. N., Spackman, M., & Willes, D.L. (2008). Alexithymia, emotional instability, and vulnerability to stress proneness in patients seeking help for hypersexual behavior. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 34, 133-149.
Reid, R.C., (2007) Assessing Readiness to Change Among Clients Seeking Help for Hypersexual Behavior. Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 14, 167–186.
Reid, R.C. & Woolley, S.R. (2006). Using Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples to Resolve Attachment Ruptures Created by Hypersexual Behavior. Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 13: 219-239.
Reid, R. C., Carpenter, B. N., Draper, E. D., & Manning, J. C. (in press). Exploring psychopathology, personality traits, and marital distress among women married to hypersexual men. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy.
Reid, R. C. (in press). Differentiating emotions in a patient sample of hypersexual men. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.
Reid, R. C., McCrory, E., Karim, R., Carpenter, B. N. (in press). Self-reported differences on measures of executive function and hypersexual behavior in a patient and community sample of men. International Journal of Neuroscience.
Reid, R. C., Carpenter, B. N., Draper, E. D. (under review). Disputing the notion of psychopathology among women married to hypersexual men using the MMPI-2-RF. Journal of Family Psychology.
Reid, R. C., Stein, J. A., & Carpenter, B. N. (under review). Understanding the roles of shame and neuroticism in a patient sample of hypersexual men. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Reid, R. C. & Garos, S. (in preparation). Psychometric properties and validation of the Hypersexual Behavior Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment.