PART I

WHAT IS MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING?

1

Chapter 1

Conversations about Change

3

Chapter 2

The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing

14

Chapter 3

The Method of Motivational Interviewing

25

PART II

ENGAGING: THE RELATIONAL FOUNDATION

37

Chapter 4

Engagement and Disengagement

39

Chapter 5

Listening: Understanding the Person’s Dilemma

48

Chapter 6

Core Interviewing Skills: OARS

62

Chapter 7

Exploring Values and Goals

74

PART III

FOCUSING: THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION

91

Chapter 8

Why Focus?

93

Chapter 9

Finding the Horizon

102

Chapter 10

When Goals Differ

120

Chapter 11

Exchanging Information

131

PART IV

EVOKING: PREPARATION FOR CHANGE

155

Chapter 12

Ambivalence: Change Talk and Sustain Talk

157

Chapter 13

Evoking the Person’s Own Motivation

167

Chapter 14

Responding to Change Talk

183

Chapter 15

Responding to Sustain Talk and Discord

196

Chapter 16

Evoking Hope and Confidence

212

Chapter 17

Counseling with Neutrality

231

Chapter 18

Developing Discrepancy

243

PART V

PLANNING: THE BRIDGE TO CHANGE

255

Chapter 19

From Evoking to Planning

257

Chapter 20

Developing a Change Plan

268

Chapter 21

Strengthening Commitment

285

Chapter 22

Supporting Change

293

PART VI

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN EVERYDAY PRACTICE

303

Chapter 23

Experiencing Motivational Interviewing

305

Chapter 24

Learning Motivational Interviewing

322

Chapter 25

Applying Motivational Interviewing

335

Chapter 26

Integrating Motivational Interviewing

352

PART VII

EVALUATING MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

367

Chapter 27

Research Evidence and the Evolution of Motivational Interviewing

369

Chapter 28

Evaluating Motivational Conversations

387

Appendix A

Glossary of Motivational Interviewing Terms

405

Appendix B

A Bibliography of Motivational Interviewing   Christopher J. McLouth

415

References

435

Index

471