1. A JOURNEY TOWARD THE
FUTURE OF MI

2. GOALS FOR THIS TALK
1. My journey to MI.
2. New applications of MI.
3. MI as an Integrative framework for other
psychotherapies.
4. How MI is helping to return humanistic
values to the field of psychotherapy.
5. Teaching MI to non-professionals to
improve communication in relationships

3. MY PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL
JOURNEY TO MI

4. NEW APPLICATIONS OF MI
TO CLINICAL DISORDERS
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Panic Disorder

5. NEW APPLICATIONS OF MI
TO CLINICAL DISORDERS
• Depression
• Suicide
• Pathological Gambling
• Domestic Violence

6. NEW APPLICATIONS OF MI
TO CLINICAL DISORDERS
• Eating Disorders
• Dual Diagnosis Patients
• Compliance with Psychiatric
Medication in Schizophrenia

7. MI
AS AN INTEGRATIVE
FRAMEWORK
FOR
PSYCHOTHERAPY

8. RETURNING HUMANISTIC VALUES TO
PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
• More empathic CBT therapists
obtained better outcomes than those
who were less empathic (Burns &
Nolen-Hoeksma, 1992).
• CBT Therapists who scored high on MI
adherence obtained better outcomes
than those who scored low (Carlin,
2012)

9. MI
IS RETURNING
HUMANISTIC
VALUES TO THE
PRACTICE OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY

10. MI
AS A WAY OF BEING WITH
PEOPLE
Teaching MI to Non-Professionals
to improve communication in
relationships

11. CONCLUSIONS
1. MI is now being applied to numerous
clinical disorders
2. MI can be used as an integrative framework
with other types of therapy
3. MI is bringing humanistic values back to
psychotherapy
4. MI can be taught to non-professionals to
improve communication problems