Working the Difference : Science, Spirit, and the Spread of Motivational Interviewing
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Overview
A history of motivational interviewing and what its rise reveals about how cultural forms emerge and spread. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a professional practice, a behavioral therapy, and a self-professed conversation style that encourages clients to talk themselves into change. Originally developed to treat alcoholics, MI quickly spread into a variety of professional fields including corrections, medicine, and sanitation. In Working the Difference, E. Summerson Carr focuses on the training and dissemination of MI to explore how cultural forms--and particularly forms of expertise--emerge and spread. The result is a compelling analysis of the American preoccupations at MI's core, from democratic autonomy and freedom of speech to Protestant ethics and American pragmatism.
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- ISBN-13: 9780226827605
- ISBN-10: 0226827607
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: September 2023
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.81 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.32 pounds
- Page Count: 304
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