Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY

Mr. Shantha Seelan. G

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Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) is a kind of counseling approach that helps individual to resolve their fluctuation about engaging in treatment and helping to stop their pattern of drug use. MET can be used regardless of an individual‘s commitment level. It is particularly effective when an individual has a strong resistance to change or is not strongly motivated to change. This therapy consists of an initial assessment like battery session, followed by two to four individual treatment sessions with a therapist; the priority goal is to help individuals overcome their ambivalence or resistance to behavior change. Motivational Enhancement Therapy is based on five motivational principles that are designed to guide the therapist‘s work with an individual in therapy. This approach has been highly successful with people addicted to alcohol and it’s aided to improve their engagement in treatment and reduce their problem drinking pattern. The results of MET are mixed for people abusing other drugs (e.g., heroin, cocaine) and for adolescents who tend to use multiple drugs. In general, MET is highly successful and more effective for engaging drug abusers in treatment than for producing changes in drug use.

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MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY, Mr. Shantha Seelan.G INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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