Motivational interviewing is a valuable counseling style designed to help patients gain the impetus to make positive health behavior changes. The approach uses open-ended questions, discussion of the ...

The University at Buffalo Motivational Interviewing Center (UBMIC) has only been in operation for two years, but it is already making an impact on the local, state and national levels. The UBMIC ...

I was recently asked while a panelist at a cannabis education conference, “What is the most common mistake clinicians make when using motivational interviewing?” My immediate answer was that too many ...

The National Academy of Medicine launched its National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being in early October. Citing years of research defining the causes and effects of burnout in health professions, ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect current activities. Help people discover and talk about their desire for personal change, like managing symptoms of mental illness; reducing the ...

Motivational interviewing combines the fundamentals of behavior analysis with principles from Rogerian therapy. [9] Behavior analysis is an assessment strategy in which the clinician identifies ...

Nobody likes to be lectured. An alternative approach, motivational interviewing, emphasizes respect for the patient’s autonomy, and works better with overweight kids. By Perri Klass, M.D. Doctors give ...

Motivational interviewing helped a teen practice safe sex Sometimes patients just need to hear their own stories out loud to help make better choices. A patient aged 14 years who had had terminated a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adding a motivational interviewing component to a community-based exercise intervention increased the efficacy ...

Effective treatment for people with schizophrenia combines medication management with psychiatric rehabilitation strategies. Proponents of psychiatric rehabilitation believe that effective services of ...