Comparison of motivational interviewing with acceptance and commitment therapy: A conceptual and clinical review

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-559

  Bricker, Jonathan ^a   Tollison, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Motivational Interviewing; processes; review; treatment comparison

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; COUNSELING; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMOTIONS; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NONDIRECTIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 82555165566     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465810000901     Document Type: Review

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