Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Abstract: Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) is an adaptation of motivational interviewing (MI) that includes one or more client feedback sessions in which normative feedback is presented and discussed in an explicitly nonconfrontational manner. Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve their ambivalence and achieve lasting changes for a range of problematic behaviors.
Outcomes:1. Substance use
2. Alcohol consumption
3. Drinking intensity
4. Marijuana use
5. Marijuana problems
Motivational enhancement therapy (MET) is one of the more effective tools provided by Los Angeles and Orange County intensive outpatient and residential addiction treatment programs
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