Motivational interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It is a practical, ...

A colleague recently consulted me about one of her patients who was struggling with alcohol. The patient was on the fence about whether or not she really had a problem, whereas the therapist believed ...

Rosengren, D.B. (2009). Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook. The Guilford Press, NY. The book serves as an adjunct to the second edition of Miller and Rollnick's ...

The University at Buffalo Motivational Interviewing Center (UBMIC) has only been in operation for two years, but it is already making an impact on the local, state and national levels. The UBMIC ...

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative therapeutic approach that focuses on helping individuals who are ambivalent about change in their behaviors. MI centers on the individual, supports ...

Advice from a Community Care Inform guide on the key tasks involved in applying motivational interviewing to social work practice Photo: Jan_S/Adobe Stock This article presents a few key pieces of ...