The definitive guide to motivational interviewing (MI) for health care
practitioners has been completely revised to reflect important
developments and make the approach even more accessible. When it comes
to helping patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make
healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet,
and preventive care, good advice alone is not enough. This indispensable
book shows how to use MI techniques to transform conversations about
change. Even the briefest clinical interaction can serve to build trust,
clarify patients' goals as well as reasons for ambivalence, and guide
them to take positive steps. Vivid sample dialogues, tips, and scripts
illustrate ways to incorporate this evidence-based approach into diverse
health care settings.
New to This Edition
*Restructured around the current four-process model of MI (engaging,
focusing, evoking, and planning).
*Incorporates lessons learned from the authors' ongoing clinical
practice and practitioner training workshops.
*Chapters on advice-giving, brief consultations, merging MI with
assessment, MI in groups, and making telehealth consultations more
effective.
*Additional practical features--extended case examples, "Try This"
activities, and boxed reflections from practitioners in a range of
contexts.
This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series,
edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.
