Karen Steinberg-Gallucci

Brief Treatment Supervisor and Trainer

As a faculty member at UConn Health, Dr. Steinberg-Gallucci has been involved with teaching and psychotherapy training with medical students, residents, graduate students, and interns. Her work has focused on client-centered approaches, engagement strategies, and Motivational Interviewing. She has worked on a number of federally funded projects related to screening, assessment and treatment for alcohol and other substances, depression, and PTSD. These include Project MATCH (NIAAA) and The Marijuana Treatment Project (SAMHSA-CSAT). Karen currently serves as an investigator and clinical supervisor for a statewide initiative involving screening and in-home treatment for clinical depression among adolescent and young, first time mothers through Connecticut’s Office of Early Childhood. She is also currently participating in a federally funded initiative to implement SBIRT across Connecticut (SAMHSA). Her role has been to develop, train, and oversee implementation of the Brief Treatment component. She adapted an evidence-based treatment she co-developed (BMDC) for a clinical trial of marijuana dependence, and has trained clinicians working at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) over the past three years. These trainings have involved teaching clinicians to incorporate Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive-Behavioral strategies in work with patients that screen into relevant risk categories.