Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness
A Practitioner's Guide
Antoine Douaihy author Melanie A Gold author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Publishing:21st Jan '26
£38.99
This title is due to be published on 21st January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The combined application of motivational interviewing (MI) and mindfulness (MF) can be fundamental in fostering behavioral change and growth among patients struggling with medical and psychological conditions, such as chronic pain or depression. Many wonder whether combining the two modalities is a doable and effective clinical intervention strategy. Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness guides practitioners through the process, exploring 'a way of being' with patients that digs into the fluid and ever-evolving territory of MI and MF within healthcare settings. Split into three parts, this guide provides practitioners and trainees with a conceptual toolkit and set of practical strategies for integrating the evidence-based interventions of MI and MF to enhance patient-centered communication and facilitate behavioral change. It offers innovative ways to incorporate the spirit and skills of motivational interviewing for empowering the patient's autonomous self-regulation with components of mindfulness, such as compassion and acceptance. Throughout, the authors discuss their clinical and scientific perspectives with the best empirical data available, identifying where the integration of MI and MF is readily applicable and useful, and where there may be challenges. Chapters also feature clinical vignettes showcasing the integration of MI and MF in real-word clinical practice, accompanied by evidence-based discussion, personal reflections, and self-assessment questions that summarise key concepts. This is a guide by practitioners for practitioners in healthcare, no matter what the specialty or setting, but will be especially relevant for those in the fields of psychiatry, internal medicine, and family medicine.
Drs. Douaihy and Gold have created a masterful guide that blends the powerful skills of mindfulness and motivational interviewing in a way I have never experienced before. If you are looking to expand your clinical skill set, you will find this book an important tool applicable to a wide range of clinical settings for children, adolescents, and adults. A terrific and much needed book! Hilary McClafferty, MD, FAAP Founder and CEO Academy of Pediatric Integrative Medicine
Drs. Douaihy and Gold, a clinical and researcher team, have assembled a bouquet of scholarly chapters and provided an excellent and pragmatic guide for practitioners' healthcare settings that integrates basic and applied research and a clinically-informed novel and thorough framework on combining Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Mindfulness (MF). This guide is so timely and will stand as a major contribution to clinical practice, broadening the importance of the synergistic integration of these empirically-based therapeutic approaches. Dennis C. Daley, PhD Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Antoine Douaihy, Melanie Gold, and co-authors open our minds and motivate us to ponder the crossroads of mindfulness-based practices and motivational interviewing for a variety of physical, behavioral, and mental health conditions. The combination of compassionate, nonjudgmental self-awareness and the guiding style of focusing people's attention on self-directed change has great potential to empower people to improve their health and well-being. This practical, well-written guide is packed with examples of different ways in which to achieve to these aims and encourages us to continue to build the conceptual and empirical base of this integrated approach. Steve Martino, PhD Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut, USA Member of MINT
ISBN: 9780197631010
Dimensions: 233mm x 159mm x 13mm
Weight: 354g
248 pages