Open AccessMI and Psychotherapy
Author(s) -
William R. Miller
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
motivational interviewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-584X
DOI - 10.5195/mitrip.2012.6
Subject(s) - psychotherapist , motivational interviewing , ambivalence , psychology , person centered therapy , interview , balance (ability) , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , psychological intervention , sociology , neuroscience , anthropology
How is motivational interviewing (MI) related to psychotherapy more generally? In its original formulation MI was intended to address the specific problem of ambivalence about change. It was not designed as a comprehensive psychotherapy or model of change. Subsequent clinical experience, however, suggests ways in which the spirit and method of MI may be useful throughout processes of change. Implications for a volitional psychotherapy are considered, with additional discussion of clinical applications of decisional balance.