title: Client experiences of motivational interviewing: An interpersonal process recall study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore clients' experience of the therapy process in motivational interviewing (MI) for alcohol abuse.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative study using grounded theory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interviews with nine clients were conducted using interpersonal process recall (IPR), a methodology which utilizes a video recording as a cue to aid memory recall. Clients watched a videotape of their MI session and were asked to identify and describe the important moments in the therapy session. The transcribed interviews were then analysed using grounded theory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A single session of MI is seen by the clients in this study as a complex interpersonal interaction between client and therapist, which impacts on the client's cognitive and affective intrapersonal processes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The themes which emerged partly confirm processes of MI previously hypothesized to be important, but also highlight the importance of factors common to all therapeutic approaches.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aspects of therapy which clients in this study felt were important are similar to those hypothesized to underlie the effectiveness of MI, including a non-confrontational approach, affirmation, and developing discrepancies between beliefs and behaviour. These were embedded in aspects common to all therapies, including the qualities of the therapist and the therapeutic relationship. Client's perspectives on therapeutic processes are an important area of research, and IPR is a particularly suitable method.
authors: Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.
authors: Sarah A
authors: SA
authors: Jones
authors: Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK.
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Latchford
authors: Leeds Addiction Unit, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Tober
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D062405:Motivational Interviewing / Q000379:methods; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014741:Video Recording; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: interpersonal process recall; motivational interviewing; process research; qualitative research methods