In order to really help my friend Andrea out with her topic of motivational interviewing as it is used to decrease substance abuse behavior in co-occurring disorders (i.e., dual-diagnoses such as bipolar disorder and alcoholism), I first needed to find out more on the topic.
Step 1. Enter "motivational interviewing" into Google.
Result 1. The top result (other than an ad) was for "Motivational Interviewing Page," a site designed for clinicians, researchers, and trainers of the technique. Not bad for the first try!
The best part about this site is that it has a Library, fully stocked with resources on the topic!
What I learned was that this is a relatively new technique, having been applied to problem drinkers since the early 1980s.
New terms to apply to the search:
client-centered counseling style
resolve ambivalence
stimulate behavioral change
Now, I'm going to send Andrea the link and ask her to use the comments field below to tell me how I'm doing!
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1 year ago
Wow Deb, you came up with a really good site that I have never seen. The library is a great tool. One thing I found was a motivational interviewing manual with lots of good information. I checked out some of the power point presentations too. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick are two experts on MI. You know you've done good when you hit a site with information from them. Other terms you might want to check are the Payoff Matrix and Stages of Change. Anything you can find on those will also be helpful to me. Good job-thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Andrea. I'll let you know how the next search goes.
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