Motivational Enhancement Therapy Manual: A Clinical Research Guide for TherapistsTreating Individuals with Alcohol Abuse and Dependence (Volume 2)

摘要

Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) is a systematic intervention approach forevoking change in problem drinkers. It is based on principles of motivational psychology and is designed to produce rapid, internally motivated change. This treatment strategy does not attempt to guide and train the client, step by step, through recovery, but instead employs motivational strategies to mobilize the client's own change resources. The initial presentation of MET in the manual is written from the perspective of outpatient treatment. These procedures can also be applied in aftercare, however, and such adaptation is addressed in appendix B.