Ready, set, go: The transtheoretical model of change and motivational interviewing for 'fringe' clients

TitleReady, set, go: The transtheoretical model of change and motivational interviewing for 'fringe' clients
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsMuscat, AC
JournalJournal of Employment Counseling
Volume42
Pagination179-192
PublisherAmerican Counseling Assn
Place PublishedUS
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0022-0787
Accession Number2005-16453-004
Keywordsambivalent clients, behavior change, employment counseling, interviewing, Models, Motivation, motivational interviewing, Occupational Guidance, readiness for change, resistant clients, Transtheoretical Model of Change
Abstract

The author explores the applicability of the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) and motivational interviewing (Ml) as a collaborative approach in counseling "resistant" or ambivalent clients. The TTM and Ml provide an empirically tested framework for employment counselors to assess and empower clients who are often labeled resistant or ambivalent (e.g., youth, mandated clients, street workers, single parents) about readiness for change. Together, the TTM and Ml focus counselors to accept clients' current levels of readiness and intrinsic motivation, thereby supporting clients in the effort to reduce their ambivalence. Examples are given of how the TTM and Ml may be practiced. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)

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