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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790356703321

Autore

Westra Henny A

Titolo

Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Anxiety [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Publications, 2012

ISBN

1-280-87946-7

9786613720771

1-4625-0487-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Applications of Motivational Interviewing

Disciplina

616.85220651

Soggetti

Anxiety

Anxiety - Treatment

Motivational interviewing

Anxiety - therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Counseling - methods

Motivation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Part I--Integrating Motivational Interviewing into the Treatment of Anxiety and Related Problems; 1--Where and Why Motivational Interviewing Fits; 2--The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing; Part II--Assessing Readiness for Change; 3--Observing Resistance; 4--Asking about Readiness; Part III--Understanding Ambivalence and Building Resolve; 5--Introduction to Working with Ambivalence; 6--Understanding and Reframing Resistance to Change; 7--Evoking and Elaborating Change Talk; 8--Developing Discrepancy

Part IV--Extending Motivational Interviewing into the Action Phase9--Evoking and Elaborating Client Expertise; 10--Sharing Your Expertise; 11--Listening Reflectively; 12--Rolling with Resistance; Part V--Putting It All Together; 13--Integrated Case Example; Epilogue: Training and Future Directions; Appendix: Resources and Recommended Readings; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This practical book provides effective strategies for helping therapy clients with anxiety resolve ambivalence and increase their intrinsic motivation for change. The author shows how to infuse the spirit and methods of motivational interviewing (MI) into cognitive-behavioral therapy or any other anxiety-focused treatment. She describes specific ways to use MI as a pretreatment intervention or integrate it throughout the course of therapy whenever motivational impasses occur. Vivid clinical material--including a chapter-length case example of a client presenting with anxiety and depressio