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What is Motivational Interviewing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Stephen Rollnick  and
William R. Miller
Stephen Rollnick
Affiliation:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
William R. Miller
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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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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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 325 - 334
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1995

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