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Emphasizes “start where the client is,” recognizing clients are often actively pursuing something they want while disputing the need for treatment. 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We may see our goal as one of convincing them that complying with treatment or fulfilling the service contract is in their best interest. The client may become compliant or voluntary and go through the requirements even if they believe that they neither need nor want the service.  \nYou have likely heard the statement numerous times “start where the client is” This may be quite different than what you think they need. Dr David Mee Lee, a psychiatrist who trains professionals throughout the country states that all clients “are always in the action stage for something they want.” The client who is mandated to substance abuse treatment may not think he or she has a problem, blame the system for their situation, and see you as the enemy, but they are likely in the action stage for getting there driver’s license back. At this point they just don’t with you on the method.  \nMotivational Interviewing contain several concepts entitled the “spirit and principles and core listening skills.” The purpose of these is to eliciting “change talk” from the client or statement that imply an intention to change.  \nThe spirit of motivational interviewing  \nThe spirit of MI is move enduring and can be characterized in a few key points.  \n1. Motivation to change is elicited from the client, and not imposed from without. Other motivational approaches have emphasized coercion, persuasion, constructive confrontation, and the use of external contingencies (e.g. , the threatened loss of job or family) . Such strategies may have their place in evoking change, but they are quite different in spirit from motivational interviewing which relies upon identifying and mobilizing the client's intrinsic values and goals to stimulate behavior change.  \n2. It is the client's task, not the counselor's/case manager’s, to articulate and resolve his or her ambivalence. Ambivalence takes the form of a conflict between two courses of action (e.g. , indulgence versus restraint), each of which has perceived benefits and costs associated with it. Many clients have never had the opportunity of expressing the often confusing, contradictory and uniquely personal elements of this conflict, for example, \"If Istop smoking I will feel better about myself, but I may also put on weight, which will make me feel unhappy and unattractive.\" The counselor's task is to facilitate expression of both sides of the ambivalence impasse, and guide the client toward an acceptable resolution that triggers change.  \n3. Direct persuasion is not an effective method for resolving ambivalence. It is tempting to try to be \"helpful\" by persuading the client of the urgency of the problem about the benefits of change. It is fairly clear, however, that these tactics generally increase client resistance and diminish the probability of change (Miller, Benefield and Tonigan, 1993, Miller and Rollnick, 1991) .  \n4. The counseling style is generally a quiet and eliciting one. Direct persuasion, aggressive confrontation, and argumentation are the conceptual opposite of motivational interviewing and are explicitly proscribed in this approach. To a counselor accustomed to confronting and giving advice, motivational interviewing can appear to be a hopelessly slow and passive process. The proof is in the outcome. More aggressive strategies, sometimes guided by a desire to \"confront client denial,\" easily slip into pushing clients to make changes for which they are not ready.  \n5. The counselor is directive in helping the client to examine and resolve ambivalence.  \nMotivational interviewing involves no training of clients in behavioral coping skills, although the two approaches not incompatible. The operational assumption in motivational interviewing is that ambivalence or lack of resolve is the principal obstacle tobe overcome in triggering change. Once that has been ","cbCaidCLH0uVq49U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidCLH0uVq49U","pdf",334775,7,"English","# Working With Involuntary & Mandated Clients\n## Start Where the Client Is\n## Motivational Interviewing: Spirit and Principles\n## Core Listening and Case Management Behaviors (OARS)","[{\"question\":\"Why do involuntary or mandated clients often appear resistant to treatment?\",\"answer\":\"They may believe they do not need or want the service and may see the provider as an adversary. The approach assumes resistance can reflect how the counselor is responding rather than a fixed client trait.\"},{\"question\":\"What does “start where the client is” mean in this context?\",\"answer\":\"It means aligning with the client’s current motivations and action stage, which may not match the provider’s assumed needs. 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