Continuing Education in Motivational Interviewing for Addiction Counselors: Reducing the Research-to-Practice Gap

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Abstract

The authors evaluated the effectiveness of continuing education training in motivational interviewing (MI) for addiction counselors. Participants reported a significant increase in counseling self-efficacy, and 87.5% reported increasing MI use in their practice. Only 3.8%, however, participated in posttraining consultation.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)36-51
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Addictions and Offender Counseling
Volume40
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019

Keywords

  • motivational interviewing
  • continuing education
  • training workshop
  • self-efficacy
  • addiction counseling

EGS Disciplines

  • Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling

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