Objective: The current study systematically reviews evidence for a causal chain model
suggested by Miller and Rose to account for the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing (MI) …

Objective: Little is known about what may distinguish effective and ineffective group
interventions. Group motivational interviewing (MI) is a promising intervention for adolescent …

Objective: Despite the prevalence and profound consequences of alcohol use disorders,
psychosocial alcohol interventions have widely varying outcomes. The range of behavior …

What is it that makes some therapists so much more effective than others, even when they
are delivering the same evidence-based treatment? This instructive book identifies specific …

The restriction of potentially lethal means during periods of high risk has been identified as
one of the more promising suicide prevention strategies. The purpose of this paper is to …

Client language about change, or change talk, is hypothesized to mediate the relationship
between counselor fidelity in motivational interviewing (MI) and drug use outcomes. To …

Client language (change talk [CT] and counterchange talk [CCT]) is gaining increasing
support as an active ingredient of psychosocial interventions. Preliminary work with adults …

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based behavior change intervention. The
interactional change processes that make MI effective have been increasingly studied using …

Objective This paper examines the psychometric properties of the OnePass coding system:
a new, user-friendly tool for evaluating practitioner competence in motivational interviewing …

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