Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Description
Motivational interviewing (MI) developed by clinical psychologists William Miller and Stephen Rollnick is a directive client-centered approach used to strengthen clients' motivation for positive behaviour change by exploring and resolving feelings of ambivalence. Research has shown that the MI approach first developed for work with problem drinkers is effective in activating positive behaviour change for a wide range of concerns including substance abuse mental health problems unhealthy relationships diabetes management smoking cessation weight loss unemployment and health care improvement.
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Overview
- Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
- Level: University
- Language: English
- Course Code: 0133
- Delivery Method: Entièrement en ligne/à distance