Motivational interviewing in social work practice

Motivational interviewing (MI) offers powerful tools for helping social work clients draw on their strengths to make desired changes in their lives. This reader-friendly book introduces practitioners and students to MI and demonstrates how to integrate this evidence-based method into direct practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hohman, Melinda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Guilford Press , c2012
Series:Applications of motivational interviewing
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why social work and motivational interviewing?
  • 2. The heart of motivational interviewing
  • 3. Motivational interviewing and the engagement and assessment process
  • 4. Supporting self-efficacy, or what if they don't think they can do it?
  • 5. Expressing empathy: communicating understanding (even when it's hard)
  • 6. Developing discrepancy: using motivational interviewing in a group setting to increase ambivalence
  • 7. Rolling with resistance: motivational interviewing with adolescents, or "you can't make me"
  • 8. Building collaboration: motivational interviewing in community organization work
  • 9. Integrating motivational interviewing into social work practice
  • 10. Final thoughts: lessons learned from training and teaching motivational interviewing