Motivational Practice: Promoting Healthy Habits and Self-care of Chronic Diseases

This workbook invites the reader to reflect on the way he or she has been practicing, while exposing the reader to new ways of assisting patients to change life-long habits. It follows the motivational approach in terms of the way the information is presented - but for a therapist who already works in a nontraditional, empathic approach, it can be a wee bit frustrating as it starts from further back than, for example, where I was! I liked the opportunity to write comments, and I really enjoyed the wide range of references used to support the approach. Worth considering if you've trained in an 'advice-giving' style and would like to consider a new approach.