Motivational Interviewing, Second Edition: Preparing People for Change (Hardcover)

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"'Like the first edition it is very clearly written, often a joy to read. Motivational Interviewing" remains a classic for mental health trainees in general....I would particularly recommend it to psychiatry residents, medical students, early career psychiatrists if they have missed previous exposure to it, and those working with patients with addictive disorders."--William M. Greenberg, M.D. , New Jersey Psychiatrist "...explores the topic in detail, wowing the reader through numerous clear descriptions of how to communicate with clients to increase their motivation to change and to decrease any resistance to it....Motivational Interviewing is very thorough, offering specific examples in an easy-to-read-and-understand manner. It is very well organized and the boxes containing concise practice tips are helpful. This book would benefit the library of any counsellor, as it addresses how to help others change. It would be excellent for those involved in family preservation programs too, where the family is often ready to change but struggles or presents with some ¿resistance.'"--Child & Family "More than ten years have passed since Miller and Rollnick introduced the concept of Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an effective counselling style for addicts. Since then, MI has steadily gained support among counsellors, has spread to new patient groups and new treatment settings, and its effectiveness has been tested empirically. The new edition of Motivational Interviewing contains all you need to know about these new developments while still giving an accessible, easily readable introduction to the theory and practice of MI....the second edition of Miller & Rollnick's Motivational Interviewingshould be valuable for everyone who works with sceptical, ambivalent clients. It should be especially valuable for those working in the addiction field. Readers who already own the first edition might still want to get the new book because, though the chapters about practicing MI are rather similar to those in the old edition, the conceptual issues and possible adaptations of MI are now dealt with in more depth."--Metapsychology Online Book Reviews "This book is a well-written and cohesive, and is appropriate for any practitioner or student with an interest in facilitating behavioral change, even those readers with limited counseling knowledge. It contains enough new material to interest first edition readers, who may wish to use it as a companion, rather than as a replacement, volume. Finally, researchers interested in MI should appreciate its growing empirical base and wealth of research suggestions."--Journal of Studies on Alcohol -- Review

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"Miller and Rollnick have initiated an interdisciplinary movement in how practitioners can interact with patients to facilitate behavior change. The term motivational interviewing (MI) is even becoming part of the vernacular in medicine. However, the diffusion process runs the risk of diluting the spirit and fidelity of MI. This second edition will help to circumvent this tendency. The book adds substance, breadth, clarity, and evidence to the clinical and training processes, and will add momentum to mainstreaming motivational approaches to behavior change in health care. Primary care physicians and practitioners can enrich their professional work and improve patient outcomes by learning about MI. I expect exponential progress will occur over the next 10 years."--Rick Botelho, MD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester

"A decade ago, I had the opportunity to review a refreshing and exciting book called Motivational Interviewing. I predicted it would become a classic in the field, and indeed it did. Now the authors have provided us with a wonderful, enlightening second edition that will continue to be a classic. From the time of the first edition, MI has taken by storm not only the addictions field, but also the health care field in general. Consequently, much is new in the book. Miller and Rollnick have done it again--they have delivered a gem of a book that should be read by anyone, whatever their discipline, who provides clinical services."--Linda C. Sobell, PhD, ABPP, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University

"Motivational interviewing has come of age. The first edition became a modern classic in the field; a decade later, this second edition shows how MI has matured as Miller and Rollnick and their many collaborators have gained in experience. The ideas are sharpened, the research base stronger, and the applications broader, now extending well beyond the treatment of addictions. But the essence remains the same: how to help people become 'ready, willing, and able' to make changes that improve the quality of their lives."--Jim Orford, PhD, Professor of Clinical and Community Psychology, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

"The work of Miller and Rollnick is having a major impact on how therapists help to motivate clients [in the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors]. It is refreshing to see the values of humanistic psychology and the principles of client-centered therapy reflected throughout this text. With an expanded focus on how people learn motivational interviewing, this new second edition will help readers gain both the knowledge and skills to prepare people to change their behavior and health habits. I highly recommend it."--G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Addictive Behaviors Research Center and Department of Psychology, University of Washington

"In the ten years since the first edition of this landmark book was published, not only has the original book become a classic, but motivational interviewing (MI) has taken the world by storm. Today, counseling from a motivational perspective is prominent in fields as varied as substance abuse counseling, health care, social work, and even criminal justice fields. The publication of Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change is thus a timely contribution to the field....the methods described gel extremely well with social work's strengths/empowerment perspective. I highly recommend this volume to the practitioner in the field and to social work educators who wish to grasp the essence of a method that integrates client-centered therapy with advice giving and directive feedback. This text is highly readable and illuminated with case studies throughout."--Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

"'Like the first edition it is very clearly written, often a joy to read. Motivational Interviewing remains a classic for mental health trainees in general....I would particularly recommend it to psychiatry residents, medical students, early career psychiatrists if they have missed previous exposure to it, and those working with patients with addictive disorders."--William M. Greenberg, M.D. , New Jersey Psychiatrist

"...explores the topic in detail, wowing the reader through numerous clear descriptions of how to communicate with clients to increase their motivation to change and to decrease any resistance to it....Motivational Interviewing is very thorough, offering specific examples in an easy-to-read-and-understand manner. It is very well organized and the boxes containing concise practice tips are helpful. This book would benefit the library of any counsellor, as it addresses how to help others change. It would be excellent for those involved in family preservation programs too, where the family is often ready to change but struggles or presents with some 'resistance.'"--Child & Family

"More than ten years have passed since Miller and Rollnick introduced the concept of Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an effective counselling style for addicts. Since then, MI has steadily gained support among counsellors, has spread to new patient groups and new treatment settings, and its effectiveness has been tested empirically. The new edition of Motivational Interviewing contains all you need to know about these new developments while still giving an accessible, easily readable introduction to the theory and practice of MI....the second edition of Miller & Rollnick's Motivational Interviewingshould be valuable for everyone who works with sceptical, ambivalent clients. It should be especially valuable for those working in the addiction field. Readers who already own the first edition might still want to get the new book because, though the chapters about practicing MI are rather similar to those in the old edition, the conceptual issues and possible adaptations of MI are now dealt with in more depth."--Metapsychology Online Book Reviews

"This book is well-written and cohesive, and is appropriate for any practitioner or student with an interest in facilitating behavioral change, even those readers with limited counseling knowledge. It contains enough new material to interest first edition readers, who may wish to use it as a companion, rather than as a replacement, volume. Finally, researchers interested in MI should appreciate its growing empirical base and wealth of research suggestions."--Journal of Studies on Alcohol

"This approach is one that can be powerfully used by occupational therapy practitioners who are working in mental health and substance abuse settings, or any psychosocial behavioral health setting....In preparing professional students for practice, I view this approach as foundational to their effectiveness in building motivation and strengthening commitment to change with their clients."--Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

"Highly recommended to all practitioners in health settings and to clinicians supervising and teaching others."--Drug and Alcohol Review

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 428 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (April 12, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572305630
• ISBN-13: 978-1572305632
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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68 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Guide to Exploring and Resolving Ambivalence, October 10, 2003

By	Mary C. Cole "Cathy Cole" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When do you use a Motivational Interviewing approach? Whenever there is ambivalence for change. How often does ambivalence for change occur? At almost any time people are considering some kind of change. In this 2nd edition of Motivational Interviewing, the authors are very clear that MI is not an approach that obviates the use of other therapy approaches, such as CBT, but is an approach that prepares people for change.

I have been a trainer in Motivational Interviewing since 1995 (see http://www.cathycoletraining.com) and am privileged to have received my training from the authors, Drs. Miller and Rollnick. The first edition, Motivational Interviewing, Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior, provided information that has helped many professionals working in addictions a way to more effectively engage clients in the process of change. The 2nd edition is written so that professionals working with clients around any issues...mental health, health behavior, addictions, health promotion, life coaching...are able to apply the methods for exploring and resolving ambivalence for change.

The first three chapters of the book set the stage for understanding the nature of change and ambivalence for change so that the reader is more fully prepared to understand the value of fully understanding the client situation and eliciting desire, ability, reasons, need and committment for change from the client. This approach differs from the often tendency to understand the client's situation and then in a well meaning way, prescribe the needed steps for change. The strategies for interacting with clients via the use of open ended questions and the use of reflective responses is clearly discussed. Methods for eliciting change talk and responding to the concept of resistance are easily understood and examples are provided that will assist readers in considering how this approach will fit into their unique situations.

Of great value to me has been the expanded view of the concept of client resistance. From the MI approach, resistance is seen as occuring in context and is conceived of as dissonance...just a lack of harmony, or being on the same page together. When viewed in this way, it just signals the professional that another approach is needed. How to 'roll with resistance' is then illustrated very clearly.

This edition of Motivational Interviewing has expanded my ability to provide training. Even more importantly, the emphasis of this edition has underscored even more for me,that in my provision of psychotherapy, MI is not an approach to be pulled out for special occasions but is the treatment philosophy from which I approach all clients, despite the particular therapy modality utilized in the specific work.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful instructional manual, January 9, 2007

By	Jeffrey Reddout (Winter Haven, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love this book. The second edition is a big improvement over the first as it makes the MI approach more generic (as it should be) and less tied specifically to substance abuse. I regularly use this book when teaching beginning therapy skills to doctoral students in clinical psychology, but it's not just a book for beginners. What I like is the way Miller & Rollnick spend a lot of time talking about generic skills fundamental to any healthy therapeutic relationship -- and especially their discussions about different types of reflective listening and dealing with resistance. The MI approach is especially helpful in dealing with clients who are struggling with ambivalence about their problems (or about being in therapy) -- which happens with great frequency in any practice (not just with substance abusers or court-ordered clients). I wish I had had this book 30 years ago when I was starting out as a therapist. I love teaching from it because I can still pick out gems even now. MI fits well with all sorts of other psychotherapy techniques, including client-centered, cognitive-behavioral, and strategic/structural.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motivational Interviewing, February 8, 2007

By	B. Solano - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a good book to read and keep. The chapters are easy to read because they are not too long. The information is easy to grasp, apply and retain. I definitely recommend this book.