Empathy is a basic psychological process that involves the development of synchrony in
dyads. It is also a foundational ingredient in specific, evidence-based behavioral treatments …

Empathy is a critical ingredient in motivational interviewing (MI) and in psychotherapy
generally. It is typically defined as the ability to experience and understand the feelings of …

Motivational interviewing (MI) theory proposes a process whereby a set of therapist
behaviors has direct effects on client outcomes and indirect effects through in-session …

Objective: The goal of measuring therapist adherence is to determine whether a therapist
can perform a given treatment. Yet, the evaluation of therapist behaviors in most clinical …

Objective: The technical hypothesis of motivational interviewing (MI) posits that therapist-
implemented MI skills are related to client speech regarding behavior change and that client …

The object of this article is to gain a better understanding of motivational interviewing (MI)
effectiveness using the framework of Rogers' approach. Examining MI's common points and …

Objective: To examine significant-other (SO) and therapist behaviors as predictors of client
change language within motivational interviewing (MI) sessions. Method: Participants from …

Although many studies have shown that motivational interviewing (MI) is effective in
reducing problem behaviors, few have investigated purported causal mechanisms …

Background: Few measures exist to examine therapist empathy as it occurs in session.
Aims: A 9-item observer rating scale, called the Therapist Empathy Scale (TES), was …

Objective: In the present meta-analysis, we test the technical and relational hypotheses of
Motivational Interviewing (MI) efficacy. We also propose an a priori conditional process …