Handbook of Motivation and Change: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

by Petros Levounis, Bachaar Arnaout

Handbook of Motivation and A Practical Guide for Clinicians is a busy clinician s guide to motivational interviewing. With a special focus on substance use disorders and addiction, this unique handbook equips readers with a full understanding of the Motivational Interviewing approach an understanding that readers can flexibly apply to address patients issues of motivation and change even beyond substance use. The handbook is written by more than 20 practitioners of different psychotherapies who employ motivational work. This volume features a collection of case studies punctuated by movie references that illustrate discussed concepts, practical suggestions for treatment and trainee supervision, and summary key points and multiple-choice questions for readers. Authors focus on interventions ranging from psychopharmacology to support groups, zero in on the unique challenges of treating patients at various stages of their lives, examine how motivational work can change a culture, and discuss the evidence base of this effective and compelling therapy. The practical reach of this handbook will appeal not only to the general psychiatrist but to family practitioners, internists, pediatricians, medical students, and allied professionals. More than a how-to, this book provides clinicians with expert insight and information that will help them meet their patients in the midst of the very real challenges of motivation and lasting change.

318 pages, Paperback

First published April 29, 2010

Reviews

[Ana González Toledo · Rating 4 out of 5]

a entrevista motivacional es una herramienta, que forma parte de la psicologia humanista desarrollada por carl Rogers, y su meta es clarificar y resolver la ambivalencia que el individuo sufre, construir andamios por medio de la disonancia cognitiva para que un cambio sea duradero y fortalecer el compromiso al cambio en el comportamiento, hacia un estilo mas adaptativo de relacionarso con el medio ambiente, esto por medio de la introspección cuidadosa y colaboracion del paciente, a lo largo de todo el curso de la terapia.
se busca, formarr un fuerte vinculo y una buena relacion con el paciente, utilizar el humor y disfrutar de la relacion humna que se da en la terapia, identificar desencadenantes de conductas maladaptativas de tipo externo pero sobre todo interno, crear una red de apoyo y utilizar refuerzos positivos para que el cambio producido sea duradero.
es un libro super didactico y util para la practica clinica diaria.