2. GOALS FOR THIS TALK
1. My journey to MI.
2. New applications of MI.
3. MI as an Integrative framework for other
psychotherapies.
4. How MI is helping to return humanistic
values to the field of psychotherapy.
5. Teaching MI to non-professionals to
improve communication in relationships
8. RETURNING HUMANISTIC VALUES TO
PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
• More empathic CBT therapists
obtained better outcomes than those
who were less empathic (Burns &
Nolen-Hoeksma, 1992).
• CBT Therapists who scored high on MI
adherence obtained better outcomes
than those who scored low (Carlin,
2012)
9. MI
IS RETURNING
HUMANISTIC
VALUES TO THE
PRACTICE OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY
10. MI
AS A WAY OF BEING WITH
PEOPLE
Teaching MI to Non-Professionals
to improve communication in
relationships
11. CONCLUSIONS
1. MI is now being applied to numerous
clinical disorders
2. MI can be used as an integrative framework
with other types of therapy
3. MI is bringing humanistic values back to
psychotherapy
4. MI can be taught to non-professionals to
improve communication problems