Healing psychology's own motivational conflicts: A comment on Miller's 'Ethics of Motivational Intervention'

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TitleHealing psychology's own motivational conflicts: A comment on Miller's 'Ethics of Motivational Intervention'
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsSeager, M
JournalBehavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Volume23
Pagination341-343
PublisherCambridge University Press
Place PublishedUnited Kingdom
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number1352-46581469-1833
Accession Number1998-04654-003. First Author & Affiliation: Seager, Martin
Keywordsbehavior change, Behavior modification, ethical aspects of therapeutic motivational interviewing intervention for behavior change, clients with problem behavior, commentary, interviewing, Motivation, motivational interviewing, Professional Ethics
Abstract

Comments on the article by W. R. Miller (see record 1995-10478-001) concerning the ethics of motivational intervention. This critique of Miller's methods and his response to it is explored as a new manifestation of a longstanding conflict between (cognitive) behaviorism and psychoanalysis, a conflict that seems to lie at the very heart of psychological science, restricting the professional development of us all. It is argued that the discipline could benefit from some form of motivational intervention to enable cognitive-behaviorists and psychodynamicists to communicate genuinely and more fully with each other. Some suggestions for steps in this direction are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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