What Differentiates Motivational Interviewing from Person-Centered Therapy

question 28

Multiple Choice

What differentiates motivational interviewing from person-centered therapy?

• A) Motivational interviewing has specific goals of reducing ambivalence about change and increasing intrinsic motivation to bring changes about while traditional person-centered therapy does not.
• B) Motivational interviewing focuses on unconscious motives while traditional person-centered therapy focuses on the self.
• C) Motivational interviewing allows the client to talk about anything they wish while traditional person-centered therapy is more direct.
• D) Motivational interviewing is a behavioral therapeutic technique while person-centered therapy is a biomedical therapy.

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