Works
- Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior, 1991
- Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change, third edition, 2013
In Thinking Tools
Known for
A clinical psychologist at Cardiff University who, with William R. Miller, developed motivational interviewing, a counseling style that helps people resolve ambivalence by drawing out their own reasons for change. The third edition describes change talk, the client's own statements of desire, ability, reasons, and need for change, which the counselor listens for and strengthens.