Strengths-Based Practice and Motivational Interviewing

Authors

Trevor Jay Manthey, University of KansasFollow
Bryan Knowles, University of Kansas
Dianne Asher, University of Kansas
Stéphanie Wahab, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Advances in Social Work

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Subjects

Motivation (Psychology), Interviewing in mental health

Abstract

There has been recent concern that many practices and programs erroneously claim to be strengths-based. In reaction some have called for researchers to make systematic comparisons to the tenets of strengths-based practice (SBP) before making the contention that an intervention is strengths-based. Motivational interviewing (MI) is an intervention which has been described as being strengths-based; however, no systematic efforts have yet been made to compare the two. This article takes a methodical approach to comparing SBP and MI to determine level of cohesion and how they might be used together. A case-example is used to illustrate how MI and SBP may be used in conjunction and implications for social work practice and education are discussed.

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Copyright (c) 2011 The Authors

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.18060/959

DOI

10.18060/959

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33958

Citation Details

Manthey, T. J., Knowles, B., Asher, D., & Wahab, S. (2011). Strengths-based practice and motivational interviewing. Advances in Social Work, 12(2), 126-151.