Contents Notes |
What is motivational interviewing? -- Conversations about change -- The spirit of motivational interviewing -- The method of motivational interviewing -- Engaging: the relational foundation -- Engagement and disengagement -- Listening: understanding the person's dilemma -- Core interviewing skills: OARS -- Exploring values and goals -- Focusing: the strategic direction -- Why focus? -- Finding the horizon -- When goals differ -- Exchanging information -- Evoking: preparation for change -- Ambivalence: change talk and sustain talk -- Evoking the person's own motivation -- Responding to change talk -- Responding to sustain talk and discord -- Evoking hope and confidence -- Counseling with neutrality -- Developing discrepancy -- Planning: the bridge to change -- From evoking to planning -- Developing a change plan -- Strengthening commitment -- Supporting change -- Motivational interviewing in everyday practice -- Experiencing motivational interviewing -- Learning motivational interviewing -- Applying motivational interviewing -- Integrating motivational interviewing -- Evaluating motivational interviewing -- Research evidence and the evolution of motivational interviewing -- Evaluating motivational conversations -- Appendix A: Glossary of motivational interviewing terms -- Appendix B: A bibliography of motivational interviewing. "This bestselling work for professionals and students is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. The book elucidates the four processes of MI: engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning and vividly demonstrates what they look like in action."--Provided by publisher. Begins with a thorough overview of the spirit and method of MI. Sections on each of the four processes offer step-by-step guidance for establishing a strong working relationship, developing a clear focus and direction, evoking and strengthening the client's motivation for change, and formulating a concrete plan of action-- Book jacket. |