Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a directive, client-centered counseling style aimed at eliciting behavior change by helping a client explore and resolve their own ambivalence about that change. Developed by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, it differs from traditional non-directive counseling by being more focused and goal-directed, with the counselor deliberately working to help the client consider a behavioral change; the approach centers on examining and resolving a client's mixed feelings about change through a facilitative interpersonal style.