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... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Community Health Services > Counseling > Directive Counseling > Motivational Interviewing
... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Mental Health Services > Counseling > Directive Counseling > Motivational Interviewing
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Mental Health Services > Counseling > Directive Counseling > Motivational Interviewing
Psychological Phenomena > Psychology, Applied > Counseling > Directive Counseling > Motivational Interviewing

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Motivational Interviewing  

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Scope note

  • It is a client-centered, directive method for eliciting intrinsic motivation to change using open-ended questions, reflective listening, and decisional balancing. This nonjudgmental, nonconfrontational interviewing style is designed to minimize a patient's resistance to change by creating an interaction that supports open discussion of risky or problem behavior.

History note

  • 2013

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D062405

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