Motivational Interviewing for Caregivers (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Nursing Knowledge Press, 2026
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Paperback. A Different Kind of Conversation You have had this conversation before. You bring it up carefully, you explain the concern, and within minutes the person you love has shut down, pushed back, or agreed to something they have no intention of following through on. You try patience. You try urgency. You repeat the same approach with different words. Nothing changes, and you begin to wonder whether something is wrong with how you are communicating. The problem is not your sincerity. It is the tool. What This Book Offers Motivational Interviewing for Caregivers introduces family caregivers to the principles and practical skills of motivational interviewing (MI), one of the most rigorously studied communication approaches in behavioral health. Research conducted with family members in caregiving contexts has shown that MI-based communication reduces family conflict, increases treatment engagement, and supports lasting behavior change. This book translates that evidence base into plain language and structured skills that any caregiver can learn and apply. Why This Book Is Different Every book on motivational interviewing published to date has been written for therapists and clinicians. This is the first to place these skills directly in the hands of family members working through the highest-stakes conversations of their lives without professional training. Rather than asking caregivers to become therapists, it teaches them to stop triggering the resistance they keep encountering and to start creating the conditions under which a loved one's own motivation can surface. Grounded in research on psychological reactance, autonomous motivation, and the science of behavior change, it explains not just what to do but why the approach works. What Readers Will Learn Readers will work through the core MI skills, including open-ended questioning, reflective listening, genuine affirmation, and accurate summarizing. The book addresses the righting reflex, the instinct to correct and advise that drives most caregiver communication, and provides step-by-step guidance for redirecting it. Topics include recognizing change talk, working with ambivalence, rolling with resistance, collaborative planning, and sustaining the caregiver's own wellbeing through a long and uncertain process. This Book Is for Readers Who. This book is for readers who support a parent, spouse, partner, or adult child through a health condition, mental health challenge, substance use concern, or significant life transition, and find that their current communication approach produces more conflict than cooperation. It is equally suited to adult children working to support an aging parent who resists needed care, caregivers who have tried professional advice and found that it does not translate to a real conversation at the kitchen table, and anyone who wants to understand the science of how people change. Where to Begin For readers ready to replace the conversation they keep having with one that is more likely to work, this book offers a clear, evidence-grounded starting point. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Motivational Interviewing for Caregivers (Paperback)
- Author
- Vincent Gideon Callan
- Publisher
- Nursing Knowledge Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 1764768671
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- 9781764768672
A Different Kind of Conversation
You have had this conversation before. You bring it up carefully, you explain the concern, and within minutes the person you love has shut down, pushed back, or agreed to something they have no intention of following through on. You try patience. You try urgency. You repeat the same approach with different words. Nothing changes, and you begin to wonder whether something is wrong with how you are communicating.
The problem is not your sincerity. It is the tool.
What This Book Offers
Motivational Interviewing for Caregivers introduces family caregivers to the principles and practical skills of motivational interviewing (MI), one of the most rigorously studied communication approaches in behavioral health. Research conducted with family members in caregiving contexts has shown that MI-based communication reduces family conflict, increases treatment engagement, and supports lasting behavior change. This book translates that evidence base into plain language and structured skills that any caregiver can learn and apply.
Why This Book Is Different
Every book on motivational interviewing published to date has been written for therapists and clinicians. This is the first to place these skills directly in the hands of family members working through the highest-stakes conversations of their lives without professional training. Rather than asking caregivers to become therapists, it teaches them to stop triggering the resistance they keep encountering and to start creating the conditions under which a loved one's own motivation can surface. Grounded in research on psychological reactance, autonomous motivation, and the science of behavior change, it explains not just what to do but why the approach works.
What Readers Will Learn
Readers will work through the core MI skills, including open-ended questioning, reflective listening, genuine affirmation, and accurate summarizing. The book addresses the righting reflex, the instinct to correct and advise that drives most caregiver communication, and provides step-by-step guidance for redirecting it. Topics include recognizing change talk, working with ambivalence, rolling with resistance, collaborative planning, and sustaining the caregiver's own wellbeing through a long and uncertain process.
This Book Is for Readers Who...
This book is for readers who support a parent, spouse, partner, or adult child through a health condition, mental health challenge, substance use concern, or significant life transition, and find that their current communication approach produces more conflict than cooperation. It is equally suited to adult children working to support an aging parent who resists needed care, caregivers who have tried professional advice and found that it does not translate to a real conversation at the kitchen table, and anyone who wants to understand the science of how people change.
Where to Begin
For readers ready to replace the conversation they keep having with one that is more likely to work, this book offers a clear, evidence-grounded starting point.
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