Motivational Enhancement Therapy or MET is a time-limited four-session adaptation used in Project MATCH http://www.commed.uchc.edu/match/, a US-government-funded study of treatment for alcohol problems and the Drinkers' Check-up, which provides normative-based feedback and explores client motivation to change in light of the feedback. It is a development of Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing

Motivational interviewing refers to a counseling approach in part developed by clinical psychologists Professor William R Miller, Ph.D. and Professor Stephen Rollnick, Ph.D. The concept of motivational interviewing evolved from experience in the treatment of problem drinkers, and was first...

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Motivational therapy

Motivational therapy is a combination of humanistic treatment and enhanced cognitive-behavioral strategies, designed to treat substance abuse...

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Sources

• Miller, W. R. (2000) Motivational Enhancement Therapy: Description of Counseling Approach. in Boren, J. J. Onken, L. S., & Carroll, K. M. (Eds.) Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000, pp. 89–93.
• Miller, W.R. and Rollnick, S. Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People to Change. NY: Guilford Press, 2002.
• Miller, W.R., Zweben, A., DiClemente, C.C., Rychtarik, R.G. (1994) Motivational Enhancement Therapy Manual. Washington, DC:National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Project MATCH Monograph Series, Volume 2. http://casaa.unm.edu/manuals/met.pdf ISBN 9780788114762
• Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Alcohol Rehab Thailand http://alcoholrehab.com/alcohol-rehab/motivational-enhancement-therapy/