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Antisocial personality disorder. A practitioner’s guide to comparative treatments
Patients with antisocial personality disorder (APD) have traditionally been considered difficult ot treat, or even untreatable, with psychotherapy. Recent clinical and research developments, however, have begun to change this view. In this book. both experienced and novice clinicians will gain an understanding of the developments in this area of psychotherapy.Rotgers ...
Treating substance abuse: Theory and technique.
Widely adopted, this state-of-the-art text and clinical resource captures the breadth of current knowledge about substance abuse and its treatment. For each of the major evidence-based treatment approaches, a chapter on basic assumptions and theories is followed by a chapter on clinical applications, including illustrative case material. Expert contributors cover ...
Motivational Interviewing. In: Clinical and diagnostic interviewing
This book is a comprehensive reference on both the structure and content of the clinical interview and its authors present the strategies and fundamental knowledge required to conduct the clinical interview with different kinds of patients and for specific psychopathologies. It provides a thorough overview on clinical and diagnostic interviewing ...
Motivational interviewing for probation staff: Increasing the readiness to change.
Clark, M.M. (2005). Federal Probation, 69, 22-28. [Part One of a Two Part Series] Complete article:View Article"Externally-imposed compliance is the least enduring type of change, with negative behavior returning once the coercive force is withdrawn.""Since offenders will come to us as villains or victims, we need to move beyond these ...
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing Interventions for Pediatric Health Behavior Change: a Meta-Analytic Review.
View Power Point Jensen, C. D., Cushing, C. C., Aylward, B. S., Craig, J. T., & Steele, R. G. (2010). Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 215.) ...
Combined behavioral interventions best way to reduce heart disease risk, study finds.
View ArticleAmerican Heart Association (2010, July 12). ScienceDaily ...
When docs counsel weight loss, it’s style that makes a difference.
View ArticlePhysicians using MI style had improved outcomes Duke University Medical Center (2010, October 4). Science Daily ...
Motivational Interviewing Questions for Diet, Exercise, & Weight
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Motivational Interviewing Step by Step: 4 DVD Series
View Dvd Learn Motivational Interviewing with the most in-depth training series to date. Demonstrations and interviews illuminate the underlying principles, tools, techniques, and strategies that will enhance your skills in leading clients through the change process ...
Mason Ready, Willing and Able DVD
The consultations are unscripted simulations with Pip Mason and Chris Butler playing the health practitioners and professional actors playing the patients. Six scenarios are portrayed, all in health care settings ...
Motivational Interviewing with Ethnic Minorities in Substance Abuse Treatment
View Article & Power PointBurlew, A.K., Rosa C.L., Brooks, A.J., Weekes, J., Forcehimes, A.A. (2011). Substance Use Treatment with Ethnic Minorities: Lessons Learned in the Clinical Trials Network of the National Institue on Drug Abuse. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) convention, Washington, DC, August 4-7 ...
Changing the Conversation: An Interactive Tool to Build Motivational Interviewing
View App…You will gain a solid, foundational understanding of what MI is, why it matters, what it’s made of, and how it works. You will have an opportunity to read, listen, reflect, and complete learning activities designed to provide a taste and feel for the practice of MI ...
Change Talk: Childhood Obesity
Video Example of Conversation within the App - http://vimeo.com/109650146What is it?FREE Skill Building Mobile App (& FREE continuing education credits)Personalized feedback from an online coachCan try different pathways through sensative subjects in conversationsEach simulation is a realistic and challenging complex conversation with virtual humans that research demonstrate is more effective ...
How To Do Motivational Interviewing: A Guidebook (Second Edition)
This is the second edition of the popular ebook: How To Do Motivational Interviewing. In this concise book, you will learn how to do Motivational Interviewing (MI), the evidence-based, client-centered counseling approach that has demonstrated effectiveness for a range of psychological, behavioral, and health related issues. By Bill Matulich ...
Chronic Care Professional (CCP) Health Coaching Motivational Interviewing Certification Manual
by HealthSciences Institute (Author), The only nationally recognized certification program in motivational interviewing health coaching (Foreword) By HealthSciences Institute ...
Finding Your Way to Change: How the Power of Motivational Interviewing Can Reveal What You Want and Help You Get There 1st Edition
By Allan Zuckoff PhD;Bonnie Gorscak PhD ...
The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook: Changing Addictive Behaviors Using CBT, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing Techniques (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbooks)
This book provides an integrative, seven-step program to help you finally overcome drug and alcohol addiction, once and for all. Winner of the 4Th International Beverly Hills Book Awards in the category of Addiction & Recovery! In this book, addiction expert Suzette Glasner-Edwards offers evidence-based techniques fusing cognitive behavioral therapy ...
Motivational Interviewing Training For Health Professionals: Supporting Patients Toward Behavior Change
This workbook teaches health professionals how to use motivational interviewing to inspire behavior change among their patients.by Dr. Christine W. Thorpe (Author) ...