Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change in Intimate Partner Violence

by Christopher M. Murphy (Editor), Roland D. Maiuro (Editor)

Motivational Interviewing has becoming increasingly widespread among counselors and therapists, but no book to date has focused exclusively on applying Motivational Interviewing to domestic and partner violence. Written by established authorities in the field, the chapters in this volume represent important applications of motivational enhancement strategies to intimate partner violence with both victims and batterers. These studies include descriptive research on victims and perpetrators of abuse, measurement issues in assessing stages of change, and real-world applications of motivational interviewing. Murphy and Maiuro illustrate both the benefits and challenges inherent in this growing area of research."

Genres: Psychology

328 pages, Hardcover

First published May 18, 2009

Reviews

[Mama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice addition to MI. The main crawback of the book is that it is mostly aimed at working with perpetrators. I wish the book had more interventions that focused on the victim.