A series of video clips featuring Steven Rollnick, one of the founders of Motivational Interviewing, has been released by the Film Exchange on Drugs & Alcohol (FEAD). The clips were filmed at the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) 2012 conference.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) has been heavily influential in the development of alcohol treatment and brief interventions. MI principles run through much of the NICE alcohol guidance and underpin brief intervention techniques. MI was also recognised as integral to informing the conduct of specialist treatment in the NTA review of alcohol treatment effectiveness, however standalone adaptations of MI appear no more effective than other forms of psychosocial treatment of similar intensity.
In one clip Rollnick emphasises that 'MI should not be applied on or to people'. Of key importance is the need for genuine client engagement, with listening at the heart of MI. Also explored are practice competence and what managers can do to encourage good practice.
Rollnick also discusses subject matters including brief interventions within the addiction field and research and practice challenges.
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