Treatment Modalities
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
- Attachment Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
- Emotion Focused Couple’s Therapy
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Experiential Therapy
- Exposure & Response Prevention
- Family Systems Therapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Gottman Informed Interpersonal Therapy
- Insight Therapy
- Interpersonal Process Therapy
- LGBTQ Affirmative Therapy
- Mentalization Based Therapy
- Mindfulness Training
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person Centered Therapy
- Play & Art Therapy
- Prolonged Exposure
- Rational Emotive Therapy
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
- Solution- Focused Therapy
- Traumatic Incident Reduction
Motivational Interviewing is distinct in that it is primarily for the purpose of changing one’s motivation for change. While it shares many commonalities with other therapies, it is different in that it has a limited focus on changing one’s motivation regarding one or more behaviors. Motivational interviewing can be interwoven with other therapies or can stand alone. Common targets for change including smoking cessation, weight loss, increasing engagement in academics or career tasks, reducing drug use, and reducing criminal behavior. With Motivational Interviewing, there is typically a specific goal in mind, and it is not a general therapy approach meant for reducing depression or other mood disorders.
In Motivational Interviewing, it is believed that the therapist cannot make another person change. Rather, the therapist can help open a space and provide guidance that allows a person to come to their own conclusion on whether or not they should change. It is not argumentative in nature, instead it is viewed as a cooperative effort involving strong partnership. The therapist helps the patient elicit their own reasons for change so that motivation comes from within. Above all, the therapist will assist the patient in believing that there are alternatives out there and that they have the abilities to make real change.
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