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Book Detail
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Motivational Interviewing:
Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior
Miller, William R.
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Publisher: Guilford Press Affiliation: University of New Mexico Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.9 x 6.0 in
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Synopsis:
Client ambivalence is a key stumbling block to therapeutic efforts tow ard constructive change. Motivational interviewing--a nonauthoritarian approach to helping people free up their own motivations and resource s--is a powerful technique for overcoming ambivalence and helping clie nts to get "unstuck." The first full presentation of this powerful tec hnique for practitioners, this volume is written by the psychologists who introduced and have been developing motivational interviewing sinc e the early 1980s. In clear, systematic fashion, Motivational Intervie wing presents a practical, research-tested, and potentially powerful a pproach to effecting change in persons with addictive behaviors.
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