Motivational Interviewing: Tool for Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and Chronic Disease Management - WSJ.com

Motivational Interviewing: Tool for Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and Chronic Disease Management - WSJ.com: Doctors who lecture or give scary warnings can cause patients to become defensive and disengage, says Stephen Rollnick, a professor of health-care communication at Cardiff University, in Wales, and a founder of the nonprofit Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, whose members provide training, coaching and consultation in 35 countries. "When people are struggling, they don't like to be told what to do, and they dislike being labeled and blamed," Dr. Rollnick says. Motivational interviewing "can bring patients back on board and empower them to consider difficult changes."