William R. Miller Ph.D.
 

William Richard Miller is een Amerikaanse klinisch psycholoog, emeritus hoogleraar psychologie en psychiatrie aan de Universiteit van New Mexico in Albuquerque. Samen met Stephen Rollnick ontwikkelde hij Motivational Interviewing. In zijn carrière hij zich vooral gericht op de psychologie van verandering. Hij geldt als een van de meest geciteerde  wetenschappers.

 

In a fully rewritten fourth edition, this is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. 

MI originators William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick elucidate the four tasks of MI—engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning—and vividly demonstrate what they look like in action. A wealth of vignettes and interview examples illustrate the do's and don'ts of successful implementation in diverse contexts. 

 

Deliberate practice exercises help clinicians develop competence in fundamental motivational interviewing skills to better assist clients with change goals, like quitting addictive behaviors and developing healthier habits and improving treatment engagement and retention.

These exercises present role-playing scenarios in which two trainees act as a client and a clinician, switching back and forth under the guidance of a supervisor. The clinician improvises appropriate and authentic responses to client statements organized into three difficulty levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced—that reflect common client questions and concerns.

The exercises focus on specific skills, such as offering simple and complex reflections and affirmations, eliciting change talk, supporting client autonomy, and collaboratively mapping session agendas.