Motivational interviewing : helping people change and grow (4th Edition)
William R. Miller, Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing educational and research resources
Books and publications
Books on motivational interviewing authored, co-authored and edited by Professor Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior
Coaching Athletes to Be Their Best: Motivational Interviewing in Sports
Stephen Rollnick, Jonathan Fader, Jeff Breckon, Theresa B. Moyers
Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems
Edited by Hal Arkowitz, William R. Miller, and Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing in Groups (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)
Christopher C. Wagner, Karen S. Ingersoll, and Contributors
Finding Your Way to Change
Allan Zuckoff with Bonnie Gorscak
Foreword by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice
Counselling Problem Drinkers
Edited By Robin Davidson, Stephen Rollnick, Ian MacEwan
Peer reviewed research publications authored and co-authored by Professor Stephen Rollnick
From vaccine hesitancy to vaccine motivation: A motivational interviewing based approach to vaccine counselling. Gagneur A, Gutnick D, Berthiaume P, Diana A, Rollnick S, Saha P. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 Dec 31;20(1):2391625. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2391625. Epub 2024 Aug 26.PMID: 39187772
Developing a whole-school mental health and wellbeing intervention through pragmatic formative process evaluation: a case-study of innovative local practice within The School Health Research network. Gobat N, Littlecott H, Williams A, McEwan K, Stanton H, Robling M, Rollnick S, Murphy S, Evans R. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 18;21(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-10124-6.PMID: 33461528
The effect of a behavioural management tool in adults with mild to moderate periodontitis. A single-blind, randomized controlled trial. Donos N, Suvan JE, Calciolari E, Nibali L, Rollnick S. J Periodontal Res. 2021 Jan;56(1):46-57. doi: 10.1111/jre.12790. Epub 2020 Sep 22.PMID: 32959898 Clinical Trial.
Development of a novel motivational interviewing (MI) informed peer-support intervention to support mothers to breastfeed for longer. Phillips R, Copeland L, Grant A, Sanders J, Gobat N, Tedstone S, Stanton H, Merrett L, Rollnick S, Robling M, Brown A, Hunter B, Fitzsimmons D, Regan S, Trickey H, Paranjothy S. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Apr 11;18(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1725-1.PMID: 29642864
Is a motivational interviewing based lifestyle intervention for obese pregnant women across Europe implemented as planned? Process evaluation of the DALI study. Jelsma JGM, Simmons D, Gobat N, Rollnick S, Blumska K, Jans G, Galjaard S, Desoye G, Corcoy R, Juarez F, Kautzky-Willer A, Harreiter J, van Assche A, Devlieger R, Timmerman D, Hill D, Damm P, Mathiesen ER, Wender-Ożegowska E, Zawiejska A, Lapolla A, Dalfrà MG, Del Prato S, Bertolotto A, Dunne F, Jensen DM, Andersen L, Snoek FJ, van Poppel MNM. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Sep 7;17(1):293. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1471-9.PMID: 28882133
Integrating MI into services: challenges and opportunities. Rollnick S, Gobat N. Addiction. 2016 Jul;111(7):1157-8. doi: 10.1111/add.13332. Epub 2016 May 4.PMID: 27147247
Big issues. McCambridge J, Rollnick S. Addiction. 2014 Jul;109(7):1063-5. doi: 10.1111/add.12587.PMID: 24903287
The effectiveness and ineffectiveness of complex behavioral interventions: impact of treatment fidelity. Miller WR, Rollnick S. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Mar;37(2):234-41. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.01.005. Epub 2014 Jan 24.PMID: 24469237 Clinical Trial.
Should brief interventions in primary care address alcohol problems more strongly? McCambridge J, Rollnick S. Addiction. 2014 Jul;109(7):1054-8. doi: 10.1111/add.12388. Epub 2013 Nov 22.PMID: 24433291 F
Motivational interviewing in medical care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Lundahl B, Moleni T, Burke BL, Butters R, Tollefson D, Butler C, Rollnick S. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Nov;93(2):157-68. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.07.012. Epub 2013 Aug 1.PMID: 24001658 Review.
Training practitioners to deliver opportunistic multiple behaviour change counselling in primary care: a cluster randomised trial. Butler CC, Simpson SA, Hood K, Cohen D, Pickles T, Spanou C, McCambridge J, Moore L, Randell E, Alam MF, Kinnersley P, Edwards A, Smith C, Rollnick S. BMJ. 2013 Mar 19;346:f1191. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f1191.PMID: 23512758
Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: pragmatic cluster randomized control trial. Mash B, Levitt N, Steyn K, Zwarenstein M, Rollnick S. BMC Fam Pract. 2012 Dec 24;13:126. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-126.PMID: 23265076
Shared decision making: a model for clinical practice. Elwyn G, Frosch D, Thomson R, Joseph-Williams N, Lloyd A, Kinnersley P, Cording E, Tomson D, Dodd C, Rollnick S, Edwards A, Barry M. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Oct;27(10):1361-7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2077-6. Epub 2012 May 23.PMID: 22618581
The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study). Robling M, McNamara R, Bennert K, Butler CC, Channon S, Cohen D, Crowne E, Hambly H, Hawthorne K, Hood K, Longo M, Lowes L, Pickles T, Playle R, Rollnick S, Thomas-Jones E, Gregory JW. BMJ. 2012 Apr 26;344:e2359. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2359.PMID: 22539173
Action reflections: a client-centered technique to bridge the WHY-HOW transition in Motivational Interviewing. Resnicow K, McMaster F, Rollnick S. Behav Cogn Psychother. 2012 Jul;40(4):474-80. doi: 10.1017/S1352465812000124. Epub 2012 Mar 14.PMID: 22414686
Meeting in the middle: motivational interviewing and self-determination theory. Miller WR, Rollnick S. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2012 Mar 2;9:25. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-25.PMID: 22385872
Effectiveness of multifaceted educational programme to reduce antibiotic dispensing in primary care: practice based randomised controlled trial. Butler CC, Simpson SA, Dunstan F, Rollnick S, Cohen D, Gillespie D, Evans MR, Alam MF, Bekkers MJ, Evans J, Moore L, Howe R, Hayes J, Hare M, Hood K. BMJ. 2012 Feb 2;344:d8173. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d8173.PMID: 22302780
Preventing disease through opportunistic, rapid engagement by primary care teams using behaviour change counselling (PRE-EMPT): protocol for a general practice-based cluster randomised trial. Spanou C, Simpson SA, Hood K, Edwards A, Cohen D, Rollnick S, Carter B, McCambridge J, Moore L, Randell E, Pickles T, Smith C, Lane C, Wood F, Thornton H, Butler CC. BMC Fam Pract. 2010 Sep 21;11:69. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-69.PMID: 20858273
Tough decisions faced by people living with HIV: a literature review of psychosocial problems. Bravo P, Edwards A, Rollnick S, Elwyn G. AIDS Rev. 2010 Apr-Jun;12(2):76-88.PMID: 20571602
Motivational interviewing. Rollnick S, Butler CC, Kinnersley P, Gregory J, Mash B.BMJ. 2010 Apr 27;340:c1900. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1900.PMID: 20423957
Development and Evaluation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Children and Teenagers Experiencing Diabetes (DEPICTED): a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for healthcare professionals working with young people with type 1 diabetes. McNamara R, Robling M, Hood K, Bennert K, Channon S, Cohen D, Crowne E, Hambly H, Hawthorne K, Longo M, Lowes L, Playle R, Rollnick S, Gregory JW.BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 Feb 9;10:36. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-36.PMID: 20144218
Dual equipoise shared decision making: definitions for decision and behaviour support interventions. Elwyn G, Frosch D, Rollnick S. Implement Sci. 2009 Nov 18;4:75. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-75.PMID: 19922647
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a stepped care intervention for alcohol use disorders in primary care: pilot study. Drummond C, Coulton S, James D, Godfrey C, Parrott S, Baxter J, Ford D, Lervy B, Rollnick S, Russell I, Peters T. Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;195(5):448-56. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.056697.PMID: 19880936
Ten things that motivational interviewing is not. Miller WR, Rollnick S. Behav Cogn Psychother. 2009 Mar;37(2):129-40. doi: 10.1017/S1352465809005128.PMID: 19364414
It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it: a qualitative study of advice for young cannabis users. Faulkner N, McCambridge J, Slym RL, Rollnick S. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2009 Mar;28(2):129-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00033.x.PMID: 19320697
Stemming the Tide of Antibiotic Resistance (STAR): a protocol for a trial of a complex intervention addressing the 'why' and 'how' of appropriate antibiotic prescribing in general practice. Simpson SA, Butler CC, Hood K, Cohen D, Dunstan F, Evans MR, Rollnick S, Moore L, Hare M, Bekkers MJ, Evans J; STAR Study Team. BMC Fam Pract. 2009 Mar 23;10:20. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-20.PMID: 19309493
Teaching motivational interviewing: using role play is as effective as using simulated patients. Lane C, Hood K, Rollnick S. Med Educ. 2008 Jun;42(6):637-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02990.x. Epub 2008 Apr 29.PMID: 18452516
Sickness certification in the general practice consultation: the patients' perspective, a qualitative study. O'Brien K, Cadbury N, Rollnick S, Wood F.Fam Pract. 2008 Feb;25(1):20-6. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmm076. Epub 2008 Feb 2.PMID: 18245795
Negotiating frame ambiguity: a study of simulated encounters in medical education. Seale C, Butler CC, Hutchby I, Kinnersley P, Rollnick S. Commun Med. 2007;4(2):177-87. doi: 10.1515/CAM.2007.021.PMID: 18052817
Treating substance abuse in primary care: a demonstration project. Ernst D, Miller WR, Rollnick S. Int J Integr Care. 2007 Oct 10;7:e36. doi: 10.5334/ijic.213.PMID: 18043722
Effect of training on primary care residents' performance in brief alcohol intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Chossis I, Lane C, Gache P, Michaud PA, Pécoud A, Rollnick S, Daeppen JB.J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Aug;22(8):1144-9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0240-2. Epub 2007 May 31.PMID: 17541671
The use of simulated patients and role-play in communication skills training: a review of the literature to August 2005. Lane C, Rollnick S. Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Jul;67(1-2):13-20. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.02.011. Epub 2007 May 9.PMID: 17493780
A multicenter randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing in teenagers with diabetes. Channon SJ, Huws-Thomas MV, Rollnick S, Hood K, Cannings-John RL, Rogers C, Gregory JW.Diabetes Care. 2007 Jun;30(6):1390-5. doi: 10.2337/dc06-2260. Epub 2007 Mar 10.PMID: 17351283
Motivational interviewing for pediatric obesity: Conceptual issues and evidence review. Resnicow K, Davis R, Rollnick S. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006 Dec;106(12):2024-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2006.09.015.PMID: 17126634
Author rectifies omission: health behaviour change in the developing world. Rollnick S. BMJ. 2005 Nov 5;331(7524):1083. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7524.1083-b.PMID: 16269506
Consultations about changing behaviour. Rollnick S, Butler CC, McCambridge J, Kinnersley P, Elwyn G, Resnicow K. BMJ. 2005 Oct 22;331(7522):961-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7522.961.PMID: 16239696
When smokers are resistant to change: experimental analysis of the effect of patient resistance on practitioner behaviour. Francis N, Rollnick S, McCambridge J, Butler C, Lane C, Hood K. Addiction. 2005 Aug;100(8):1175-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01124.x.PMID: 16042648
Communication, stress and distress: evolution of an individual support programme for medical students and doctors. Cohen D, Rollnick S, Smail S, Kinnersley P, Houston H, Edwards K. Med Educ. 2005 May;39(5):476-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02122.x.PMID: 1584268139.
Measuring adaptations of motivational interviewing: the development and validation of the behavior change counseling index (BECCI). Lane C, Huws-Thomas M, Hood K, Rollnick S, Edwards K, Robling M. Patient Educ Couns. 2005 Feb;56(2):166-73. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.01.003.PMID: 1565324540.
Good at medicine, pity about the rest. Cohen D, Kinneresley P, Rollnick S, Edwards K. Hosp Med. 2004 Sep;65(9):557-9. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.9.15987.PMID: 15449494
Communicating about expected course and re-consultation for respiratory tract infections in children: an exploratory study. Butler CC, Rollnick S, Kinnersley P, Tapper-Jones L, Houston H. Br J Gen Pract. 2004 Jul;54(504):536-8.PMID: 15239917
Clinical course of acute infection of the upper respiratory tract in children: cohort study. Butler CC, Kinnersley P, Hood K, Robling M, Prout H, Rollnick S, Houston H. BMJ. 2003 Nov 8;327(7423):1088-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1088.PMID: 14604932
Screening in brief intervention trials targeting excessive drinkers in general practice: systematic review and meta-analysis. Beich A, Thorsen T, Rollnick S. BMJ. 2003 Sep 6;327(7414):536-42. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7414.536.PMID: 12958114
General practitioner screening for excessive alcohol use. General practitioners' experiences are important. McCambridge J, Keaney F, Strang J, Rollnick S. BMJ. 2003 Feb 8;326(7384):336.PMID: 12575715
General practitioner screening for excessive alcohol use. Paper enables open debate about a complex intervention. Rollnick S. BMJ. 2003 Feb 8;326(7384):336.PMID: 12574053
Treatment of tobacco use and dependence. Butler CC, Rollnick S. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):294-5; author reply 294-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200207253470416.PMID: 12140311
Developing a new line of patter: can doctors change their consultations for sore throat? Rollnick S, Seale C, Kinnersley P, Rees M, Butler C, Hood K. Med Educ. 2002 Jul;36(7):678-81. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01255.x.PMID: 1210999148.
Context-bound communication skills training: development of a new method. Rollnick S, Kinnersley P, Butler C. Med Educ. 2002 Apr;36(4):377-83. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01174.x.PMID: 1194017949.
A motivational interviewing perspective on resistance in psychotherapy. Moyers TB, Rollnick S. J Clin Psychol. 2002 Feb;58(2):185-93. doi: 10.1002/jclp.1142.PMID: 11793331