Motivational Interviewing and the TV Show Columbo
Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files
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Motivational Interviewing - The Columbo Approach
motivational interviewing is a technique that uses discrepancies to help people make sense of their own lot. With the columbo approach, an interviewer makes a curious inquiry about discrepant behaviors without being judgmental or blaming. Information that is contradictory is just upposed, allowing the therapist to address discrepancies between what clients say and their behavior,. Without evoking defensiveness or resistance.
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