Columbus, OH—Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, of our Center will present a training session, titled "Why Won't My Clients Do What I Tell Them To?," at a meeting of the Ohio Chief Probation Officers Association ...

A&E’s "Intervention" is a reality series that follows one individual struggling with addiction per episode. Family and friends gather with an interventionist toward the end of the episode and an ...

March 10, 2011 — In adolescents, motivational interventions positively affect short-term drinking outcomes after an alcohol-related emergency department visit, according to the results of a randomized ...

BILL: “When I was 20 I smoked pot every day,” writes Lynn Telford Sahl, a very successful therapist friend of mine and author of “Intentional Joy.” “It was an escape from being a newly married young ...

In life, motivation can be the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And yet, becoming and staying motivated is often the hardest step, a ...

Patient empowerment interventions have demonstrated significant success in the treatment of several chronic conditions. Recently, 2 such interventions, collaborative care and motivational interviewing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A safety planning intervention that incorporated motivational interviewing appeared feasible and acceptable for ...

Correspondence to: Dr Donohue University of Nevada, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA; donohueb{at}unlv.nevada.edu Objective: To examine the efficacy of two preparatory interventions on ...

Maintaining weight loss is a major challenge in obesity treatment. Individuals often indicate that waning motivation prompts cessation of effective weight management behaviors. Therefore, a novel ...