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What is Motivational Interviewing?
Abstract
Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centred counselling style for eliciting behaviour change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. It is most centrally defined not by technique but by its spirit as a facilitative style for interpersonal relationship. This article seeks to define motivational interviewing and to characterize its essential nature, differentiating it from other approaches with which it may be confused. A brief update is also provided regarding (1) evidence for its efficacy and (2) new problem areas and populations to which it is being applied.
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“Some brief intervention trials have included motivational interviewing (Rollnick 1995) or lifestyle counselling approaches.”
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“Asking good questions is considered a key skill for any therapist and receives considerable attention in their training through techniques like Socratic questioning [50] and motivational interviewing [51].”
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- Authors
- Rollnick, S., & Miller, W. R.
- Affiliations
- Cardiff University (GB)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Venue
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1995-10
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 325-334
- ISSN
- 1352-4658 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1833
- OpenAlex
- W2100509572
- Cited by
- 1,737
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- motivational interviewing, client-centered therapy, behavior change, ambivalence, interpersonal relationships, efficacy evidence, new populations
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