Motivational Interviewing Helping People Change and Grow 4th Edition by William R. Miller & Stephen Rollnick (2023)

Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow, 4th Edition (2023) by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick — with over 450,000 copies in print — is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI) from the method's originators. Part of The Guilford Press Applications of Motivational Interviewing Series, this landmark volume is fully rewritten, updated, and streamlined to be even more user-friendly as both a practitioner guide and a course text.

MI is a powerful, evidence-based approach to facilitating change that has transformed counseling, healthcare, social work, and coaching practice worldwide. In this fourth edition, MI originators William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick elucidate the four tasks of MI — engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning — and vividly demonstrate what they look like in action. A wealth of vignettes and interview examples illustrate the do's and don'ts of successful MI implementation across diverse contexts. The book reviews the evidence base for the approach and covers practical ways to assess MI fidelity and quality. The companion website provides reflection questions, annotated case material, and additional helpful resources.

Topics covered in the new edition: the spirit of MI — partnership, acceptance, compassion, and empowerment; the four tasks of MI; change talk and sustain talk; evoking and strengthening motivation; responding to discord and resistance; eliciting commitment and action planning; the OARS skills — open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries; recognizing and reinforcing change talk; complex reflections and directional guiding; navigating ambivalence; planning for change; integrating MI with other approaches including CBT; applying MI in brief encounters; MI with groups; MI with adolescents and families; MI in healthcare, criminal justice, education, and coaching contexts; MI supervision, coaching, and training; and assessing and improving MI fidelity.

Essential for: licensed professional counselors; clinical psychologists; clinical social workers; substance abuse and addiction counselors; health and wellness coaches; physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants; public health professionals; probation and parole officers; MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) trainees and trainers; graduate programs in counseling, psychology, social work, and nursing; and any practitioner whose work involves helping people make meaningful behavior change.