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Motivating Offenders to Change: A Guide for Probation and Parole

August 16, 2009 in Resources | No comments

Published in 2007, this free publication “provides probation and parole officers and other correctional professionals with both a solid grounding in the principles behind MI and a practical guide for applying these principles in their everyday dealings with offenders” (p.2). Seven chapters are contained in this guide: how MI fits in with evidence-based practice; how and why people change; the motivational interviewing style; preparing for change; building motivation for change; navigating through tough times–working with deception, violations, and sanctions; and from start to finish–putting MI into practice.  Detailed examples take into account the practical realities of working with offenders.

National Institute of Corrections Library: Motivating Offenders to Change: A Guide for Probation and Parole. (free; PDF download)

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Getting Motivated to Change group treatment manual

July 7, 2009 in Resources | No comments

This treatment manual is one of a series published by the Institute of Behavioral Research at Texas Christian University. All the TCU counseling manuals are based on Mapping-Enhanced Counseling, a graphic representation strategy used to visually enhance the counseling process. Even though the materials are not explicitly MI-based, both the concepts and the process presented in the manual are MI-consistent. The manual includes detailed group leader materials and client handouts for the following 4 topics: Motivation 101, The Art of Self-Motivation, Staying Motivated, and Making it Second Nature. A version of the manual for criminal justice settings is also available.

Bartholomew, N. G., Dansereau, D. F., & Simpson, D. D. (2006). Getting motivated to change. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University, Institute of Behavioral Research. Available: the IBR Web site: www.ibr.tcu.edu.

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Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems

January 15, 2009 in Books | No comments


This is a remarkably useful edited text. Published in 2007, it describes novel MI applications in the treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, suicidal behavior, obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, gambling addictions, schizophrenia, and dual diagnoses. Also addressed are MI approaches in the criminal justice system. Each chapter provides a concise overview of the disorder or population under discussion; describes how MI has been integrated with standard treatment approaches; illustrates the nuts and bolts of intervention, using vivid clinical examples; and reviews the empirical evidence base. The relevance and practicality of the case examples and discussion make it obvious that the authors of each chapter have actual clinical experience with the population about which they are writing.

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Motivating Offenders to Change: A Guide to Enhancing Engagement in Therapy

January 9, 2009 in Books | No comments


Motivating Offenders to Change is a readable text approaching the problem of treatment engagement in correctional settings from a scholarly perspective. It may be a useful resource for students and those involved in program planning and evaluation. According to the editors of the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, the goal of the series is to “offer authoritative and critical information through which forensic clinical practice can develop.” The volumes in the series are intentionally not practice manuals or “cookbooks.” This edited text is consistent with the aims of the series and succeeds at providing an overview of numerous approaches to engaging a notoriously difficult population in treatment.
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