Motivational Interviewing: A Case Study

(2) FAC Chapter 7 What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of motivational interviewing?
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client-centered counseling system in which interventions and interpersonal skills are used to “elicit and enhance a client’s internal change process” (Capuzzi and Stauffer, 2012, p. 125). In other words, the techniques used will help the consumer help him/herself in the change process, while building confidence and buying into his/her own plan of success (Cole, n.d.). Some strengths include overcoming confused emotions, positive collective communication, Thoughtful dialect and exchange, and providing empathy to the client irrespective to where he/she falls on the change spectrum (Capuzzi and Stauffer, 2012).
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106). Furthermore, older adults in this population or demographic would receive the greatest amounts of prescription medication. In other words, as people get older their body and mechanics will begin to break down, and as a result, more medication will be needed. Since women maintain a greater percentage of fatty tissue in the body and hold less amounts of water then a man, the female will respond inversely to drugs or substance (Goldberg, 2012). Furthermore, hormones contributes to factors onset of her menstrual cycle, her body absorbs alcohol and drugs faster than a man. Another factor would be dosage. Some women are not able to reach the threshold effect by consuming a small quantity of substance or drugs. This is the same sentiment expressed by Goldberg (2012) when stating “as the dosage increases, the effects become more pronounced” (p. 108). Finally, purity and potency. A person’s body will react to the purity and potency on the stated drug. This is noted by Goldberg, (2012) when expressed the purer the drug (heroin) is and its potency, the stronger effect it will have on the body, versus a drug that has been