Motivational interviewing with couples : a framework for behavior change developed with sexual minority men / Tyrel J. Starks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starks, Tyrel J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Family relationships.

Gay men.

Sexual minorities--Family relationships.

Sexual minorities.

Behavior modification.

LGBTQ+ families.

LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

vii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Interpersonal relationships are a central element of human existence. While cultures vary with respect to their individual versus collectivistic orientation (Triandis, 2018), even in the most individualistic of cultures people are to some extent embedded in networks of relationships. Individual experience is situated within a context that involves some combination of family, friends, community, and society. We feel the presence - or for some the absence - of these social forces. That does not mean relationships are uniformly sources of tremendous joy - they can also inspire indifference or become sources of pain. I mean to suggest only that the bonds we form to other people, or the absence of such bonds, are powerful influences on our behavior. To the extent that I am inspired by something in psychology, it is the idea that we move each other around as we move through the world. I am fascinated by the impact interpersonal relationships have on personal behavior. I have been exceedingly lucky in this sense. I arrived at my early career as a clinical psychologist just in time to see something of a "relationship renaissance" in research on HIV prevention and treatment. What vision I had for my career was reshaped by the 2009 publication of Sullivan and colleagues' influential paper indicating that as many as 68% of new HIV infections among sexual minority men (a group that includes gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men) in the United States were transmitted between main or primary relationship partners. Reading it was the first time I recall being really excited about what I could potentially do as a behavioral scientist. This book represents the culmination of just over a decade of work that followed that realization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Notes on language

A brief review of motivational interviewing principles, processes, and techniques

An overview of this text

1. The Case for Motivational Interviewing With Couples / Daniel Sauermilch

When partners argue against change

Why focus on sexual health and substance use?

What can motivational interviewing offer couples therapy?

What can couples motivational interviewing offer couples substance use treatment?

What can couples motivational interviewing offer couples HIV risk reduction interventions?

Conclusions and key points

2. The Couple as "Client"

The impact of speaking to the couple

Interdependence theory: implications for practice with couples

How motivational interviewing with couples expands the existing motivational interviewing paradigm

3. The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing With Couples

Foundations of client-centered counseling

The spirit of motivational interviewing: an extension of client-centered care

The role of the counselor in a motivational interview with couples

Expressing the spirit of motivational interviewing with a couple

Considering relationship maintenance and termination in the spirit of motivational interviewing

4. Engaging With Couples

Relational orientation: indications and implications for engaging with couples

Social network integration and social support

Couples have a way of speaking

The engaging process in couples motivational interviewing

5. Facilitating Dyadic Functioning

Relationships and health

Domains of dyadic functioning

Recognizing dyadic functioning in session

Strategies to facilitate dyadic functioning

6. Focusing

-Finding a Shared Goal

Identifying a focus: finding shared priorities for the session

Establishing and elaborating a focus

Developing a dyadic focus

Rationale for the components of a dyadic focus

Common challenges in elaborating a dyadic focus

7. Evoking Change Talk From a Couple

Dyadic ambivalence: when partner perspectives on change diverge

Responding to dyadic ambivalence: recognizing and reducing relationship discord

Additional strategies for responding to dyadic ambivalence

Beyond conflict mitigation

-evoking dyadic motivation for change

8. Planning

-Taking Action Together

The role of partners in goal formation and attainment

Planning for mutual change

Planning together to support individual change

Planning when a shared goal cannot be achieved

9. Communication, Trust, and Power / Kendell M. Doyle

Dyadic communication: conflict and negotiation

Implications for motivational interviewing practice

Trust: doubt versus belief in the reliability of others

Power: implications for negotiation and decision-making

10. Discussing Sex as Both a Goal and Context / Tyrel J. Starks

Normative sexuality development

Sexuality, health, and relationship quality

Drug use and sexual behavior

Discussing sex with outside partners in motivational interviewing practice

Exploring sexual satisfaction: unpacking and modifying sexual scripts

11. Integration, Future Directions, and Limitations / Tyrel J. Starks

Practice integration: expanding the universe of "what happens" in session

Informed consent in couples counseling

Special considerations when relationships terminate

Extensions and future applications of couples motivational interviewing

Conclusions and key points.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: J. Starks, Tyrel. Motivational interviewing with couples

ISBN:

9780197549643

0197549640

OCLC:

1336956967

Publisher Number:

99991948898