CHAPTER 8
Patient Engagement and Motivational Interviewing
Think about a New Year’s resolution or any behavior that you have considered changing (or someone has suggested that you consider changing) over the last year. What is it? Time management? Driving habits? Organizing finances? Exercising more regularly?
Whatever that behavior is, pause now and think through the overall situation for a minute as if you were explaining it to a good friend. What’s going on? What problems is the behavior causing? What have you tried?
The situation is likely complicated, and you might have some mixed feelings about it. You would like to do things differently, but where to start? What to do? Or maybe you know what to do, but the effort of adjusting just isn’t ...
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