Motivationale Methoden

How can patients develop a sustainable long-term motivation for value-compatible behavioral changes? This volume presents a favorable therapeutic attitude, assists with motivation diagnostics, and imparts practical methods for various therapeutic situations.

Noack and Beiling outline a concept of motivation-focused psychotherapy. Step by step, concrete action guidelines for successfully addressing hierarchical therapeutic challenges are presented using two patient examples, such as:
• Making values conscious,
• Processing ambivalence,
• Developing therapy goals and resolving goal conflicts,
• Continuously motivating.

A particular emphasis is placed on Motivational Interviewing. Strategies and techniques for conducting conversations are illustrated through example dialogues. Additionally, other techniques, such as chair dialogues or imaginative methods, are introduced.

The book includes numerous practical materials, a questionnaire for knowledge assessment, and an additional instructional video for further illustration. It is written for psychological and medical psychotherapists as well as psychiatrists, both in training and in practice.

Contents include:
Motivational psychology for psychotherapy • The motivating psychotherapist – Core elements of a motivating relationship design • Introduction to the case studies • Motivation analysis – Where does the patient stand? • Fundamental conversation strategies and techniques • Making one's own values and motives conscious • Processing ambivalence – The path to decision-making • Finding and formulating therapy goals • Ongoing motivation and motivation assessment.