What is Motivational Interviewing

“People are the undisputed experts on themselves. No one has been with them longer, or knows them better than they do themselves.” - William R. Miller

—Motivational interviewing(MI) is a counseling approach developed in part by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick. ... MI is a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.

—Motivational interviewingis a psychotherapeutic approach that attempts to move an individual away from a state of indecision or uncertainty and towards finding motivationto making positive decisions and accomplishing established goals.

—Motivational interviewingis a style of communication