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Motivational interviewing in nutrition and fitness

Motivational interviewing in nutrition and fitness

Dawn Clifford · 2015 · 301 pages

Nutrition counselingHealth promotionMotivational interviewingPsychotherapist and patientPhysical fitnessMEDICAL / Nursing / Nutrition

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The go-to reference and practice guide for using motivational interviewing (MI) to enhance conversations about nutrition and fitness is now in a thoroughly revised second edition with 70% new material. Easy to incorporate into everyday interactions, MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate the dos and don'ts of counseling clients about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more. Supplemental reproducible handouts can be downloaded and printed from the companion website. In addition, instructors who adopt the book for courses receive access to PowerPoint slides, worksheets, and exam questions. New to This Edition Chapters on medical nutrition therapy, health coaching, follow-up sessions, and counselor health and boundaries. Restructured to reflect developments in MI and the authors' training approach; includes new and revised sample dialogues. Increased attention to weight stigma and social determinants of health, such as racism and unequal access to health care. Expanded companion website, now including resource links and an online-only chapter, "What to Do When There's Little Time," in addition to 17 handouts. This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

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