Beyond behavior: eliciting broader change with motivational interviewing

✍ Scribed by Christopher C. Wagner; Karen S. Ingersoll

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 134 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20639

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Descriptions of Motivational interviewing (MI) usually focus on helping clients change a single problematic behavior. In contrast, the current case study shows that MI can serve as a more comprehensive psychotherapy, focused not only on multiple problem behaviors but also on broader change consistent with its roots in client‐centered therapy. In this case, the therapist interwove a focus on several discrete behaviors with a focus on broader lifestyle change as well as increased clarity of client cognitions, values, and choices, resulting in several lasting changes. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 65:1–15, 2009.