Handbook of motivational counseling : concepts, approaches, and assessment / edited by W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Motivation and the theory of current concerns / Eric Klinger and W. Miles Cox -- Motivation and addiction : the role of incentive processes in understanding and treating addictive disorders / Suzette V. Glasner -- Behavioral economics : basic concepts and clinical applications / Christopher J. Correia -- Personal project pursuit : on human doings and well beings / Brian R. Little and Neil C. Chambers -- Goal conflicts : concepts, findings, and consequences for psychotherapy / Johannes Michalak, Thomas Heidenreich, and Jurgen Hoyer -- Motivational counseling in an extended functional context : personality systems interaction theory and assessment / Reiner Kaschel and Julius Kuhl -- A motivational model of alcohol use : determinants of use and change / W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger -- Measuring motivation : the motivational structure questionnaire and personal concerns inventory / W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger -- The motivational structure questionnaire and personal concerns inventory: psychometric properties / Eric Klinger and W. Miles Cox -- Volitional and emotional correlates of the motivational structure questionnaire : further evidence for construct validity / Nicola Baumann -- Systematic motivational counseling : the motivational structure questionnaire in action / W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger -- Systematic motivational counseling in groups : clarifying motivational structure during psychotherapy / Bernhard M. Schroer, Arno Fuhrmann and Renate de Jong-Meyer -- Systematic motivational analysis as part of a self-help technique aimed at personal goal attainment / Renate de Jong-Meyer -- Systematic motivational counseling at work : improving employee performance, satisfaction, and socialization / Loriann Roberson and David M. Sluss -- Systematic motivational counseling in rehabilitation settings / S. Vincent Miranti and Allen W. Heinemann -- Assessing and changing motivation to offend / Mary McMurran -- Enhancing motivation for psychotherapy : the elaboration of positive perspectives (EPOS) to develop clients' goal structure / Ulrike Willutzki and Christoph Koban -- Viktor E. Frankl's existential analysis and logotherapy / Manfred Hillmann -- Changing alcohol expectancies : techniques for altering motivations for drinking / Barry T. Jones -- The motivational drinker's check-up : a brief intervention for early stage problem drinkers / Maria J. Emmen [and others] -- Motivational enhancement as a brief intervention for college student drinkers / Arthur W. Blume and G. Alan Marlatt -- Community reinforcement approach and contingency management interventions for substance abuse / Conrad J. Wong, Hendrée E. Jones, and Maxine L. Stitzer -- Goal setting as a motivational technique for neurorehabilitation / Siegfried Gauggel and Martina Hoop -- Motivational interviewing in health promotion and behavioral medicine / Ken Resnicow [and others] -- Motivational counseling: taking stock and looking ahead / W. Miles Cox and Eric Klinger.

Motivation is a pervasive force that can affect well-being in a variety of life situations, from the more minor through to the ability to overcome addictions and other serious psychological problems. This book presents empirically supported theories (featuring current concerns theory), questionnaires based on these theories (highlighting the Motivational Structure Questionnaire) and varied interventions based on these, with special emphasis on Systematic Motivational Counselling but also including chapters on such approaches as Personality Systems Interaction Theory, expectancy-based approache.

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