I. What Is Motivational Interviewing? 1. Conversations about Change 2. The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing 3. The Method of Motivational Interviewing II. Engaging: The Relational Foundation 4. Engagement and Disengagement 5. Listening: Understanding the Person's Dilemma 6. Core Interviewing Skills: OARS 7. Exploring Values and Goals III. Focusing: The Strategic Direction 8. Why Focus? 9. Finding the Horizon 10. When Goals Differ 11. Exchanging Information IV. Evoking: Preparation for Change 12. Ambivalence: Change Talk and Sustain Talk 13. Evoking the Person's Own Motivation 14. Responding to Change Talk 15. Responding to Sustain Talk and Discord 16. Evoking Hope and Confidence 17. Counseling with Neutrality 18. Developing Discrepancy V. Planning: The Bridge to Change 19. From Evoking to Planning 20. Developing a Change Plan 21. Strengthening Commitment 22. Supporting Change VI. Motivational Interviewing in Everyday Practice 23. Experiencing Motivational Interviewing 24. Learning Motivational Interviewing 25. Applying Motivational Interviewing 26. Integrating Motivational Interviewing VII. Evaluating Motivational Interviewing 27. Research Evidence and the Evolution of Motivational Interviewing 28. Evaluating Motivational Conversations Appendix A. Glossary of Motivational Interviewing Terms Appendix B. A Bibliography of Motivational Interviewing, Christopher J. McLouth
