Building Motivational Interviewing Skills is a remarkable achievement: author and founding MINT member David Rosengren has translated the interactive process of clinical training into an independent study format.
Each chapter includes an opening clinical vignette that provides context. Then, the author provides a brief and readable introduction to the concepts underlying the skill or strategy under discussion, followed by a quiz and annotated transcripts illustrating the skill in practice. The explanatory and illustrative material is followed by a set of practice opportunities, most of which can be done individually and some of which involve a training partner. Concepts, skills, and strategies are presented in roughly the same order as in a trainer-led workshop.
Novice to advanced MI practitioners in almost any clinical setting can benefit from the diverse selection of practice exercises. This excellent workbook can serve as an individual introduction to MI, a resource for translating workshop training into practice, or a guide for an MI learning group.
