Motivational Interviewing in Health Care

This comprehensive guide to motivational interviewing (MI) provides health care practitioners with effective techniques to help patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier lifestyle choices. By employing MI strategies, providers can enhance patient interactions to build trust, clarify goals, and encourage positive behavior changes. The book features vivid sample dialogues, practical tips, and activities while being organized around the four-process model of MI—engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning—based on insights from ongoing clinical practice. With contributions from multiple narrators, this second edition is an essential resource for integrating MI into diverse health care settings.