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Revised and updated to reflect the most recent developments in the field, the second edition of the Handbook of Motivational Counseling presents comprehensive coverage of the development and identification of motivational problems and the most effective treatment techniques.
  • Equips clinicians with specific instructions for enhancing clients' motivation for change by targeting their maladaptive motivational patterns
  • Provides step-by-step instructions in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the motivational assessments, along with details of how to implement the counseling procedures
  • Updated to reflect the most current research and effective treatment techniques, along with all-new chapters on motive-based approaches, motivational counseling with the dually diagnosed, cognitive and motivational retraining, meaning-centered counseling, and motivation in sport
  • Showcases various basic motivational techniques and their adaptations, su

    Trade Review

    “It is comprehensively written by 43 experts from around the world. The main thrust is to deconstruct drinking behaviour into a motivational model.” (Oxford Journals Clippings, 4 May 2012)



    Table of Contents

    About the Editors ix

    Contributors xi

    Foreword by Professor Peter E. Nathan xv

    Preface xix

    Note on the Second Edition xxiii

    Part I: Basic Concepts and Theories

    1 Motivation and the Goal Theory of Current Concerns 3
    Eric Klinger and W. Miles Cox

    2 Behavioral Economics: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications 49
    Christopher J. Correia, James G. Murphy, and Leon H. Butler

    3 Personal Projects and Motivational Counseling: The Quality of Lives Reconsidered 73
    Brian R. Little

    4 Goal Conflicts and Goal Integration: Theory, Assessment, and Clinical Implications 89
    Johannes Michalak, Thomas Heidenreich, and Jürgen Hoyer

    5 Touching a Person’s Essence: Using Implicit Motives as Personal Resources in Counseling 109
    Philipp Alsleben and Julius Kuhl

    6 A Motivational Model of Alcohol Use: Determinants of Use and Change 131
    W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

    Part II: Assessment and Relationships to Behavior

    7 Measuring Motivation: The Motivational Structure Questionnaire and Personal Concerns Inventory and their Variants 161
    W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

    8 The Motivational Structure Questionnaire, Personal Concerns Inventory, and their Variants: Psychometric Properties 205
    Eric Klinger and W. Miles Cox

    9 Volitional and Emotional Correlates of the Motivational Structure Questionnaire: Further Evidence for Construct Validity 233
    Nicola Baumann

    10 Offenders’ Motivation: Measurement, Structure, and Content 253
    Mary McMurran, Joselyn Sellen, and Jacqueline Campbell

    Part III: Systematic Motivational Counseling and its Applications

    11 Systematic Motivational Counseling: From Motivational Assessment to Motivational Change 275
    W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

    12 Systematic Motivational Counseling in Groups: Promoting Therapeutic Change through Client Interaction 303
    Arno Fuhrmann, Bernhard M. Schroer, and Renate de Jong-Meyer

    13 Motivational Interventions for Substance Abusers with Psychiatric Illness 329
    Suzette Glasner-Edwards

    14 Systematic Motivational Analysis as Part of a Self-Help Technique Aimed at Personal Goal Attainment 349
    Renate de Jong-Meyer

    15 Systematic Motivational Counseling at Work: Improving Employee Performance, Satisfaction, and Socialization 373
    Loriann Roberson and David M. Sluss

    16 Cognitive and Motivational Retraining: Reciprocal Effects 395
    Javad Salehi Fadardi, Zohreh Sepehri Shamloo, and W. Miles Cox

    Part IV: Other Motivational Approaches to Changing Behavior

    17 Motivation in Sport: Theory and Application 415
    Kevin A. Stefanek and Heather J. Peters

    18 The Elaboration of Positive Goal Perspectives (EPOS): An Intervention Module to Enhance Motivation 437
    Ulrike Willutzki and Christoph Koban

    19 Meaning-Centered Counseling and Therapy: An Integrative and Comprehensive Approach to Motivational Counseling and Addiction Treatment 461
    Paul T. P. Wong

    20 Changing Alcohol Expectancies and Self-Efficacy Expectations 489
    Barry T. Jones and Ross McD. Young

    21 The Drinker’s Check-Up: A Brief Motivational Intervention for Early-Stage Problem Drinkers 505
    Maria J. Emmen, Gerard M. Schippers, Gijs Bleijenberg, and Hub Wollersheim

    22 Motivational Enhancement as a Brief Intervention for College Student Drinkers 531
    Arthur W. Blume and G. Alan Marlatt

    23 Community Reinforcement Approach and Contingency Management Interventions for Substance Abuse 549
    Maxine L. Stitzer, Hendree E. Jones, Michelle Tuten, and Conrad Wong

    24 Goal Setting as a Motivational Technique for Neurorehabilitation 571
    Siegfried Gauggel

    25 Motivational Interviewing in Health Promotion and Behavioral Medicine 591
    Ken Resnicow and Stephen Rollnick

    Part V: Conclusions

    26 Taking Stock and Looking Ahead: A Toolkit for Motivational Counselors 609
    W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

    Index 625

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 18/04/2011
      ISBN13: 9780470749265, 978-0470749265
      ISBN10: 0470749261

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      Book Synopsis
      Revised and updated to reflect the most recent developments in the field, the second edition of the Handbook of Motivational Counseling presents comprehensive coverage of the development and identification of motivational problems and the most effective treatment techniques.
      • Equips clinicians with specific instructions for enhancing clients' motivation for change by targeting their maladaptive motivational patterns
      • Provides step-by-step instructions in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the motivational assessments, along with details of how to implement the counseling procedures
      • Updated to reflect the most current research and effective treatment techniques, along with all-new chapters on motive-based approaches, motivational counseling with the dually diagnosed, cognitive and motivational retraining, meaning-centered counseling, and motivation in sport
      • Showcases various basic motivational techniques and their adaptations, su

        Trade Review

        “It is comprehensively written by 43 experts from around the world. The main thrust is to deconstruct drinking behaviour into a motivational model.” (Oxford Journals Clippings, 4 May 2012)



        Table of Contents

        About the Editors ix

        Contributors xi

        Foreword by Professor Peter E. Nathan xv

        Preface xix

        Note on the Second Edition xxiii

        Part I: Basic Concepts and Theories

        1 Motivation and the Goal Theory of Current Concerns 3
        Eric Klinger and W. Miles Cox

        2 Behavioral Economics: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications 49
        Christopher J. Correia, James G. Murphy, and Leon H. Butler

        3 Personal Projects and Motivational Counseling: The Quality of Lives Reconsidered 73
        Brian R. Little

        4 Goal Conflicts and Goal Integration: Theory, Assessment, and Clinical Implications 89
        Johannes Michalak, Thomas Heidenreich, and Jürgen Hoyer

        5 Touching a Person’s Essence: Using Implicit Motives as Personal Resources in Counseling 109
        Philipp Alsleben and Julius Kuhl

        6 A Motivational Model of Alcohol Use: Determinants of Use and Change 131
        W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

        Part II: Assessment and Relationships to Behavior

        7 Measuring Motivation: The Motivational Structure Questionnaire and Personal Concerns Inventory and their Variants 161
        W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

        8 The Motivational Structure Questionnaire, Personal Concerns Inventory, and their Variants: Psychometric Properties 205
        Eric Klinger and W. Miles Cox

        9 Volitional and Emotional Correlates of the Motivational Structure Questionnaire: Further Evidence for Construct Validity 233
        Nicola Baumann

        10 Offenders’ Motivation: Measurement, Structure, and Content 253
        Mary McMurran, Joselyn Sellen, and Jacqueline Campbell

        Part III: Systematic Motivational Counseling and its Applications

        11 Systematic Motivational Counseling: From Motivational Assessment to Motivational Change 275
        W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

        12 Systematic Motivational Counseling in Groups: Promoting Therapeutic Change through Client Interaction 303
        Arno Fuhrmann, Bernhard M. Schroer, and Renate de Jong-Meyer

        13 Motivational Interventions for Substance Abusers with Psychiatric Illness 329
        Suzette Glasner-Edwards

        14 Systematic Motivational Analysis as Part of a Self-Help Technique Aimed at Personal Goal Attainment 349
        Renate de Jong-Meyer

        15 Systematic Motivational Counseling at Work: Improving Employee Performance, Satisfaction, and Socialization 373
        Loriann Roberson and David M. Sluss

        16 Cognitive and Motivational Retraining: Reciprocal Effects 395
        Javad Salehi Fadardi, Zohreh Sepehri Shamloo, and W. Miles Cox

        Part IV: Other Motivational Approaches to Changing Behavior

        17 Motivation in Sport: Theory and Application 415
        Kevin A. Stefanek and Heather J. Peters

        18 The Elaboration of Positive Goal Perspectives (EPOS): An Intervention Module to Enhance Motivation 437
        Ulrike Willutzki and Christoph Koban

        19 Meaning-Centered Counseling and Therapy: An Integrative and Comprehensive Approach to Motivational Counseling and Addiction Treatment 461
        Paul T. P. Wong

        20 Changing Alcohol Expectancies and Self-Efficacy Expectations 489
        Barry T. Jones and Ross McD. Young

        21 The Drinker’s Check-Up: A Brief Motivational Intervention for Early-Stage Problem Drinkers 505
        Maria J. Emmen, Gerard M. Schippers, Gijs Bleijenberg, and Hub Wollersheim

        22 Motivational Enhancement as a Brief Intervention for College Student Drinkers 531
        Arthur W. Blume and G. Alan Marlatt

        23 Community Reinforcement Approach and Contingency Management Interventions for Substance Abuse 549
        Maxine L. Stitzer, Hendree E. Jones, Michelle Tuten, and Conrad Wong

        24 Goal Setting as a Motivational Technique for Neurorehabilitation 571
        Siegfried Gauggel

        25 Motivational Interviewing in Health Promotion and Behavioral Medicine 591
        Ken Resnicow and Stephen Rollnick

        Part V: Conclusions

        26 Taking Stock and Looking Ahead: A Toolkit for Motivational Counselors 609
        W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger

        Index 625

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