Rosengren, D.B. (2009). Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook. The Guilford Press, NY. The book serves as an adjunct to the second edition of Miller and Rollnick's ...

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative therapeutic approach that focuses on helping individuals who are ambivalent about change in their behaviors. MI centers on the individual, supports ...

As a partner at a law firm, I used to train new associates in the most effective way I knew how (which, I now realize, wasn't always the most motivating). I often said, "Write down everything that is ...

MI is not limited to asking questions. A critical part of MI is also the way the provider responds to the patient, which requires "reflective listening" -- reflecting the patient's statements and ...

I was recently asked while a panelist at a cannabis education conference, “What is the most common mistake clinicians make when using motivational interviewing?” My immediate answer was that too many ...