motivational interviewing

Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive strategy for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change. Unlike Social Learning Theory, it does not attempt to impose change through praise or sanctions; rather it represents the view that change will not happen unless a new course of action is acknowledged to be in the person’s inherent interest. It was developed as a result of exploring and resolving the ambivalence of alcohol and substance abusing clients.

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