Motivational Interviewing as a Psychotherapeutic Approach for Finding the State of Positive Decision Making

RUNNING HEAD: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
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Motivational
Interviewing
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2020

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING 1
Application of Motivational Interviewing to Specific
Client’s Characteristics
Motivational interviewing (MI) is regarded as a psychotherapeutic approach that deals
with finding the state of positive decision making by moving the individual from the current
state of indecision and uncertainty (Miller & Rose , 2015). This seeks to promote the
collaborative approaches through the use of motivational technique which can help the client
to create the positive change. Here, the research is based on the application of MI on the
specific client characteristics such as age, gender, culture and sexual orientation which can
bring positive outcome for the client.
From the perspective of Gayes & Steele (2014) motivational interviewing is the
process used by psychologists to explore the feelings of the client which clearly leads to
support to the client in order to allow them to make their own choices and arrive at a
conclusion (Gayes & Steele, 2014). This leads to the person-centred philosophy which can
affect the treatment of the client. Besides, Schwalbe, Oh, & Zweben (2014) has stated that the
motivational interviewing (MI) is regarded as a counselling approach which can affect the
behaviour of the client and is often treated as client-centred counselling style which can lead
to the development of interpersonal relationship which often can improve the quality of
outcomes (Schwalbe, Oh, & Zweben, 2014). Moreover, this interviewing can be
influenced by the specific client characteristics as it can affect the treatment given to the
client. It is important for the counsellor to be aware of behaviour of different client’s
characteristics which affect the treatment procedure of the client.
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