Comprehensive, practical and easy-to-read, promoting lasting change.

JIll D. Stinson and Michael D. Clark

Written by experts working with court-mandated populations, this book shows how Motivational Interview (MI) can help offenders move beyond resistance, or superficial compliance, and achieve meaningful behavior change.  Using this evidence-based approach promotes successful rehabilitation, and reentry, by drawing of the clients’ values, goals and strengths—not simply telling them what to do. 

The authors clearly describe the core techniques of MI, and bring them to life, with examples and sample dialogues from a range of criminal justice and forensic settings.  Of crucial importance, this book addresses MI implementation in real-world offender service systems, including practical strategies for overcoming obstacles.

Paperback; 264 pages.