The fourth edition, this the most updated text on motivational interviewing (MI) from MI founders Miller and Rollnick. MI is a powerful approach to facilitating change. This text has been updated and streamlined to be even more user-friendly than the last edition. This text covers the four tasks of MI--engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning--and demonstrates what they look like in action. The authors offer vignettes and interview examples, and the dos and don'ts. The book also covers ways to assess the quality of MI.

Giving advice to take medications, or how to quit smoking, or make healthier choice is most often unsuccessful. This book shows how to use MI techniques to transform conversations about change. Even in short conversations, the clinician can build trust, identify patients' goals and ambivalence, and guide patients to create a plan that fits their own values and change desire. Concepts from this text can be utilized in diverse health care settings.