Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Motivational Enhancement Therapy was Developed by: William Miller, Stephen Rollnick
Overview of Motivational Enhancement Therapy: “Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) is an adaptation of motivational interviewing (MI) that includes one or more client feedback sessions in which normative feedback is presented and discussed in an explicitly nonconfrontational manner. Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve their ambivalence and achieve lasting changes for a range of problematic behaviors. This intervention has been extensively tested in treatment evaluations of alcohol and other drug use/misuse. MET uses an empathic but directive approach in which the therapist provides feedback that is intended to strengthen and consolidate the client's commitment to change and promote a sense of self-efficacy. MET aims to elicit intrinsic motivation to change substance abuse by resolving client ambivalence, evoking self-motivational statements and commitment to change, and "rolling with resistance" (responding in a neutral way to the client's resistance to change rather than contradicting or correcting the client).” --excerpt from National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP),
“Stereotypical descriptions of adolescents such as moodiness, narcissism, being resistant and challenging, and having social and interpersonal problems are similar to generalizations of another difficult population, clients with substance abuse issues. For the latter group, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) has been found to be an effective counseling approach (Miller, Zweben, DiClemente, & Rychtarik, 1995). MET can be brief in duration and designed for counseling clients at all levels of motivation and readiness to change. MET has been found particularly useful with individuals considered "difficult," "resistant," and "unmotivated" (Aubrey, 1998). For these reasons, MET appears to be a well-suited counseling approach for adolescents (Lawendowski, 1998).” --excerpt from The Free Library
Resources Related to Motivational Enhancement Therapy:
Foundations Associates
Center for Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions
National Institution on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
The Free Library
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