Continuing Education for Psychologists

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, 2nd Edition

This authoritative guide, now significantly revised and expanded, has given tens of thousands of clinicians proven tools for helping clients resolve ambivalence and mobilize their energy, commitment, and personal resources for change. Leading experts describe ways to combine motivational interviewing (MI) with other treatments for a wide range of psychological problems, including depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and others. Chapters illustrate the nuts and bolts of intervention, using vivid clinical examples, and review the empirical evidence base. Contributors show how to tailor MI to each population's needs, whether used as a pretreatment or throughout the course of therapy.

This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

New to This Edition

• Many new authors.
• Extensively revised with the latest theory, practices, and research.
• Chapters on domestic violence, addictions, and smoking cessation with adolescents.
• Chapter on transdiagnostic treatment.

Hal Arkowitz, Ph.D., is with the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

William R. Miller, Ph.D., is with the Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

Stephen P. Rollnick, Ph.D., is with Department of General Practice, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.

"Simply the best current and comprehensive work in this area. I truly enjoyed reading--and learned from--this volume. Key contributors cover conceptual bases, research, and application issues with equal assurance. This book should be on the shelf of every clinician interested in MI, as well as graduate students and trainees."
--Keith S. Dobson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada

"The second edition reflects contemporary advances in the practice of MI, as well as the solid science supporting its efficacy across a wide range of clinical problems. The contributors are outstanding practitioner-researchers. This is an excellent text for graduate courses aimed at conveying skills in research-supported psychotherapies, as is increasingly being mandated by professional guidelines. I highly recommend this book for graduate students and established practitioners alike."
--Bruce A. Thyer, PhD, LCSW, BCBA-D, College of Social Work, Florida State University

"Reading this second edition has enhanced my motivation to learn more and teach more about this important, effective, and pragmatic approach. I will never again be 'stuck' in a psychotherapy impasse without thinking about using MI principles. The editors and contributors emphasize both the spirit and the technique of MI and apply it to treatment of specific symptoms and disorders. The book is of great value to novice and seasoned practitioners alike, and is an outstanding classroom text."
--Richard F. Summers, MD, Co-Director of Residency Training, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

"This beautifully written book is full of wisdom about helping people change. With engrossing clinical illustrations and great practical tips, it will be a first-line resource for clinicians who want to build their skills in MI."
--Jesse H. Wright, MD, PhD, Director, University of Louisville Depression Center

"The book guides readers on how to incorporate motivational interviewing techniques in their clinical practice, summarizes current research on the wide-ranging application of motivational interviewing, and highlights new and promising directions....The editors and authors have offered a volume that is likely to do what they do best: motivate the field to examine important questions in the service of helping clients for change."
--American Journal of Psychiatry (on the first edition)