Motivational Interviewing combines a clear change focus with respect for the person’s reasons and agency. Four overlapping tasks organize the conversation, supported by reflective techniques and feedback on practice. Its effects vary, and external constraints must remain explicit rather than hidden behind collaborative language.
- FamilyTool
- CategoryIntervention Methods & Practices
- DomainPersuasion & Argument
What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Tool
In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.
Editorial orientation · Category
Intervention Methods & Practices
Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.