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Motivational Interviewing, Third Edition: Helping People Change (2012)

by William R. Miller(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1462507573 (ISBN13: 9781462507573)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Guilford Publications

review 1: Excellent. It's too bad that, as the authors say, you can't become a proficient motivational interviewer from reading a book. Still, though, the concepts and methods laid out in this book are clear and user-friendly, and to whatever degree I can, I've been using them with clients with some success. A wonderful approach for clients who are ambivalent about changing in therapy (who isn't, really?).
review 2: I read an earlier addition of this manual when I was in school working towards my MA. I thought it was brilliant back then. But I had no idea how effective this stuff would be in practice. I'm currently doing my (MFT) internships and just beginning to implement this stuff, and WOW, it really works. The first time I experienced a client drop dramatic, sudde... moren, emphatic change talk in a session my jaw just about hit the floor. I was with a client who was on the verge of becoming homeless, but could not seem to take action due to depression and overwhelm. We explored the ambivalence, non-judgmentally, for just a few minutes, and suddenly she startled as if she were jerking awake from a deep sleep and said " oh my god, I have to go find a place to live". We scribbled out a quick list and she bolted for the door to go get some urgent and important stuff done. The next day she came into my office with the proud news that she got the apartment.Listening with empathy and reflecting in a forward direction can transform an otherwise superficial or circular conversation into an insight and action provoking depth charge. KABOOM!As an addendum I'm including the following progress update to the above mentioned clients status. She did in fact find and move in to the apartment. But as it turns out its is a meth house, and she has subsequently become hopelessly relapsed in her meth addiction (I was treating her opiate addiction at the time of writing, her meth addiction was in remission). One step forward three steps back I guess. This of course does not at all reflect poorly on MI, but it does remind us that long term adaptive behavioral change takes sustained long term effort and commitment. less

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