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.
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It is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.
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MI was first described by Miller (1983) in an article published in the journal Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
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Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counseling approach developed in part by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick.
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