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In Assessing Alcohol Problems Using Motivational Interviewing, Dr. Linda Sobell demonstrates cognitive–behavioral motivational interviewing techniques for assessing a patient's alcohol use, and then she and Dr. Mark Sobell discuss this useful approach for working with individuals with substance use disorders. Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive method for eliciting intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving a person's ambivalence to change using open-ended questions, reflective listening, and decisional balancing. This nonjudgmental, nonconfrontational interviewing style is designed to minimize a patient's resistance. The goal is to construct an interaction with patients so they feel comfortable discussing their risky or problem behavior. In this session, Dr. Linda Sobell works with a young man with a history of problem drinking whose recent break-up with his girlfriend triggered increased risky alcohol use. Dr. Sobell assesses his readiness for change and then interviews him about triggers, behaviors, and cognitions associated with his drinking, emphasizing throughout that the patient has the choice to change, thereby empowering the patient.
Guided self-change (GSC) is a cognitive–behavioral motivational intervention developed in the mid-1980s and evaluated in several studies. This evidence-based approach combines a motivational interviewing therapist style with procedures intended to enhance commitment to change and maintenance of that commitment.
Linda Carter Sobell, PhD, ABPP, is professor and associate director of clinical training at the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is also codirector of the Guided Self-Change Clinic at NSU. For 17 years prior, she was a senior scientist at the Canadian Addiction Research Foundation and a professor at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of California at Irvine. Mark Sobell, PhD, ABPP, is currently professor at the Center for Psychological Studies at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He is also codirector of the Guided Self-Change Clinic at NSU. For 16 years prior he was a senior scientist at the Canadian Addiction Research Foundation in Calgary and a professor at the University of Toronto, Ontario. He received his PhD in psychology from the University of California at Riverside. Read more about Dr. Linda Sobell and Dr. Mark Sobell
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