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The Ethics of Motivational Interviewing Revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

William R. Miller
William R. Miller
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico, USA
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Abstract

In two separate commentaries, Withers and Seager offer constructive critiques of “The Ethics of Motivational Intervention.” It is difficult to render ethical judgments regarding a method apart from the goals and contexts within which it is to be applied. A clearer and transtheoretical understanding of the mechanisms underlying the efficacy of motivational interviewing may better inform future discussions of these ethical concerns that pertain to psychotherapy more generally.

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Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 345 - 348
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1995

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References

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