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jhadler's review against another edition
4.0
This book describes how a social worker, MD, RN or other health care professional can talk to a patient about behavioral changes necessary for improving their health in such a way that the patient is motivated to change. This is done through enouraging the person to identify why, how much, and how they'd want to make changes, rather than the professional trying to argue, persuade, or guilt them into it. The authors, (and now I) are convinced that this is most effective way to encourage adult patients to make positive changes in their lives.
booksarelife's review against another edition
3.0
I had to read this for one of my classes and the information is helpful. However, it rambled and really got hard to follow in the last 1/4 of the book. Maybe my motivation was waning and the book was fine...I don't know. In any case, I learned about motivational interviewing and guidelines on how to do it. The examples helped. I think the content could have been organized a little better to make it easier to grasp. Probably could have cut 50 pages out, too, and not even noticed.
nordstina's review
4.0
Very applicable to my work, and a bit less dense than the main "motivational interviewing" book.
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