Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a behavioural change intervention that is growing popularity within physiotherapy practice[1]. Rollnick and Miller[2] describe MI as 'a directive, client-centred counseling style for eliciting behaviour change by helping clients explore and resolve abivalence'. MI has been used across various conditions such as diabetes, asthma, cardiac rehabilitation[3]. Eighty per cent of studies have found that MI has superior outcomes when compared to tradition educational approaches[4].

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  1. Chilton R, Pires-Yfantouda R, Wylie M. A systematic review of motivational interviewing within musculoskeletal health. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2012 Aug;17(4):392–407.
  2. Rollnick S, Miller WR. What is Motivational interviewing? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 1995 Oct;23(04):325.
  3. Chilton R, Pires-Yfantouda R, Wylie M. A systematic review of motivational interviewing within musculoskeletal health. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2012 Aug;17(4):392–407.
  4. Lauritzen T, Rubak S, Sandbæk A, Christensen B. Motivational interviewing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Review Article. 2005 Apr 1 [cited 2016 Feb 2];55(513):305–312. Available from: http://bjgp.org/content/55/513/305.short.