Finding your way to change : how the power of motivational interviewing can reveal what you want and help you get there

Finding your way to change How the power of motivational interviewing can reveal what you want and help you get there

Allan Zuckoff, 1960-

Book - 2015

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Subjects
Change (Psychology)
Motivation (Psychology)
Interviewing > Psychological aspects.
Published
New York : The Guilford Press 2015.
Language
English
Main Author
Allan Zuckoff, 1960- (author)
Other Authors
Bonnie Gorscak (-)
Physical Description
xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781462520404
9781609180645
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Authorship
  • Prelude: Considering Change
  • I. You Don't Have to Change
  • 1. Being Ambivalent
  • 2. The Pressure Paradox
  • 3. The Other Side of the Pressure Paradox
  • II. Do You Want to Change? Can You Change?
  • First Interlude: The Language of Change
  • 4. Exploring the Importance of Change to You
  • 5. Exploring Your Confidence for Change
  • 6. Exploring Your Personal Values
  • Second Interlude: Ready or Not?
  • III. Finding Your Way to Change
  • Third Interlude: Planning for Change
  • 7. Developing Your Plan
  • 8. Revisiting, Revising, and Regrouping
  • 9. The Far Side of Change
  • Appendix. The History and Science of Motivational Interviewing
  • Resources
  • Index
  • About the Authors
Review by Library Journal Review

It's common for a person to know that they have to change, but actually making it happen can be a frustrating battle. -Zuckoff (psychology, Univ. of Pittsburgh) and psychologist Gorscak begin by reducing the pressure to modify behavior and then enable the reader to use their own confidence and response to the desire to create new strategies or build better life tools. What the authors call "motivational interviewing" involves accepting the ambivalence of change, then discriminating between the shoulds of others and one's own values and concerns. They painstakingly guide readers through innumerable case studies that demonstrate that it's possible to change. -Verdict One of the most empathetic books on the subject of altering behaviors. The authors allow for failures and offer alternatives. -Recommended.-Deborah Bigelow, Dexter Dist. Lib., MI, director emerita, Leonia P.L., NJ © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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