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The Motivational Interviewing Page - The definitive clearinghouse for MI-related information. Includes a comprehensive, well-maintained bibliography of research and clinical publications.
Motivational Interviewing, Second Edition: Preparing People for Change by Bill Miller and Steve Rollnick
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Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change: Integrating Best Practices for Substance Abuse Professionals by Kathyleen Tomlin and Helen Richardson - Presents key concepts in MI in simple terms and provides exercises to help you apply what you have learned in a workshop.
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Free and low-cost substance abuse treatment manuals may be found on my resources page.
Motivational Groups for Community Substance Abuse Programs (available from Mid-ATTC for $18.00)
Includes a set of psychoeducational groups focused around MI themes. Detailed therapist notes and client handouts.
Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages-of-Change Therapy Manual by Mary Velasquez, Gaylyn Gaddy Maurer, Cathy Crouch, and Carlo DiClemente - Included MI-based approaches among other tried-and-true psychoeducational group strategies. The authors sort commonly used group inteventions according to client readiness to change.
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My own Motivational Enhancement Group Leader Materials (developed while working at EPPI)
Motivational Enhancement Therapy with Drug Abusers (pdf download) - detailed instructions for presenting assessment feedback begin on page 53. A comparable MET manual for alcohol abusers can be ordered for $5.00 from NIAAA.
The change plan worksheet provided in your handouts is adapted from the Project MATCH MET manual. It is in the public domain; please feel free to reproduce it for use with clients.
May 23, 2005