This pragmatic guide spells out how to use motivational interviewing (MI) to have productive conversations about behaviour change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context. Filled with vivid examples, sample dialogues, and "dos and don'ts," the book shows how conducting MI from a developmentally informed standpoint can help practitioners quickly build rapport with young patients, enhance their motivation to make healthy changes, and overcome ambivalence. Experts on specific adolescent problems describe MI applications in such key areas as substance abuse, smoking, sexual risk taking, eating disorders and obesity, chronic illness management, and externalising and internalising behaviour problems.
CONTENTS: I. The Guide / 1. Introduction: Why Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults? / 2. Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Brief Review of Development / 3. The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing / 4. Person-Centered Guiding Skills / 5. Responding to Resistance / 6. Change Talk / 7. Commitment / 8. Integrating Motivational Interviewing into Your Practice / II. Side Trips / 9. Alcohol Problems / 10. Marijuana Use, Denise Walker / 11. The Juvenile Justice System / 12. Sexual Risk Reduction / 13. Smoking / 14. Psychiatric Disorders / 15. Eating Disorders / 16. Obesity in Minorities / 17. Self-Care for Chronic Medical Conditions / 18. Group Alcohol and Drug Treatment / 19. Applications in Schools / 20. Family-Based Intervention / III. Choosing Your Own Path / 21. Ethical Considerations / 22. Developing Proficiency in Motivational Interviewing.
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