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This book provides a critical approach for helping patients change their behavior motivational interviewing mi provides a new alternative to the outdated direct persuasion approach bringing a breath of fresh air to the conversation between health care providers and those with chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity. Motivational interviewing mi is a personcentered therapeutic approach that seeks to resolve patients ambivalence about behavior change by strengthening their intrinsic motivation and commitment . Lecturing at patients and arguing with them to change their unhealthy behaviors is rarely successful human nature resists being told what to do motivational interviewing conceived by psychologists for the treatment of alcoholism is a less confrontational method in which the patient not the clinician gives voice to the argument for change. Behavior change and motivational interviewing 1 motivational interviewing principles and evidence 2 much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change written specifically for health care professionals this concise book presents powerful . pdf motivational interviewing in health care helping patients change behavior applications of motivational interviewin uploaded by edgar rice burroughs motivational interviewing mi a method of interacting with patients to enhance behavior change is a well tested and established method with over 160 randomized clinical