What theoretical orientations and populations that we have discussed to

date would benefit from Motivational Interviewing and which would not?

Motivational Interviewing is a counseling technique that is being practiced

all over the world. Most substance abuse facilities and health care facilities

(public health) are utilizing its technique to strengthen others ability to

change.

2) Discuss your understanding of "Roll with Resistance" and "Develop

Discrepancy" and give an example of each.

“Roll with Resistance" is one of the key principles of motivational interviewing - an approach to

helping people change habitual behavior which is causing problems for them or others.

Example: someone who seems to be resistant to making changes …show more content…
Irene Hauzinger: This is a common perception. Resistance does not necessarily connotate denial.

objectives that they have previously expressed, if there is an obvious discrepancy between them.

e.g.

Example: if someone goes out drinking every night and that is impacting on their home

relationships which they have said they want to improve, you might show that you realise that

going out every night is an important social commitment (if that is what they have said about it)

and then ask them how does it fit in with their aim of trying to develop more harmonious home

relationships? They can then see the dilemma and decide on their own solutions for addressing it.

3) To your best ability, discuss how Motivational Interviewing fits into

Harm Reduction models?

Both approaches recognize that instructing someone not to act on short-term considerations

might be helpful in the short-term, but probably won’t be helpful in the long term. On the

contrary, by setting up too many rules and regulations, it is easy to drive people away. People

ultimately do what they want to do. Both approaches are willing to engage the person …show more content…
Motivational interviewing is not a way of tricking people into doing what you want

them to do; a technique; decisional balance; assessment feedback; cognitive-behavior therapy;

client-centered therapy.

Irene Hauzinger: Yes. Good example with an appropriate application.

Irene Hauzinger: What they have in common is meeting the clients were they are at. A needle exchange program, for example, is a harm reduction strategy. They’re not trying to force users into stopping, but they are realizing that people who are active users can still make healthier choices. In terms of holistic treatment, any change or reduction in harm is seen as progress, regardless of scale

Irene Hauzinger: This comment is DANGEROUSLY close to plagiarized, if not over the line. It appears copy and pasted and I have found this exact wording on multiple websites.

I can also tell, by the change in fonts, color of fonts, and size of fonts, that a lot of this work has been copy and pasted from other sources. This is unacceptable.

5) What is meant by the term ambivalent and how does it interface with

motivation?

Ambivalent is an indecisiveness to change. Ambivalent is also explained