Motivational Interviewing in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Motivational Interviewing in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is a cutting-edge guide to empowering counselors with the philosophical and actionable elements of motivational interviewing. This textbook, appropriate for primary or supplementary use in counseling coursework, is a practitioner and student-friendly text appropriate for readers across all levels of familiarity with motivational interviewing. Chapters integrate and present the newest conceptual and empirical literature, and the relevant, up-to-date content in each chapter is accompanied by a detailed case study and specific training exercises that will enhance counselors’ proficiency in core skills. Motivational Interviewing in Clinical Mental Health Counseling introduces new learners to the skills and philosophy of motivational interviewing, enhances the skills of veterans familiar to the framework, and is the perfect companion for students of motivational interviewing across a variety of mental health counseling courses.

Part I: Foundations in Motivational Interviewing 1. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: Philosophy and Spirit 2. Skills and Technical Aspects of Motivational Interviewing 3. Motivational Interviewing, Ambivalence, and Change Talk 4. Motivational Interviewing in Action: The Four Processes Part II: Applications of Motivational Interviewing in Clinical Mental Health Settings 5. Common Presenting Problems in Clinical Mental Health Settings and Motivational Interviewing 6. Motivational Interviewing and Group Counseling 7. Client Conceptualization: Using Motivational Interviewing Within the Clinical Evaluation Process 8. Clinical Supervision From a Motivational Interviewing Perspective 9. Multicultural Counseling and Motivational interviewing in the Clinical Mental Health Setting Part III: Training and Professional Development in Motivational Interviewing 10. Training and Professional Development in Motivational Interviewing

Todd F. Lewis, PhD, is a professor of counseling and counselor education at North Dakota State University.He is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). Edward Wahesh, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Education and Counseling at Villanova University. He is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).