People with diabetes often struggle to make healthy choices and stay on top of managing their illness. Filling a vital need, this is the first book to focus on the use of motivational interviewing (MI) in diabetes care. The uniquely qualified authors--physician Marc P. Steinberg has devoted much of his career to diabetes care, and renowned clinical psychologist William R. Miller is the codeveloper of MI--present proven counseling techniques that can make any conversation with a patient more efficacious and motivating. Numerous sample dialogues illustrate specific ways to elicit patients' strengths and help them overcome barriers to change in such areas as eating habits, physical activity, medication use, insulin treatment, substance abuse, psychological issues, and more.
This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.
Winner (First Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Adult Primary Care Category
Industry Reviews
"Marc P. Steinberg and William R. Miller…have the knowledge and experience required to explore how new approaches to problem solving can be applied and can work effectively for a range of problems relating to self-management of diabetes….The authors demonstrate several useful counselling techniques that can make any conversation with a patient more effective and motivating. This thoughtful book is a helpful and well-written introduction (not just for diabetes specialists) to the essence of motivational interviewing in your routine practice….This book is well worth a look to help challenge and improve your practice."
