1. Second International Conference on Motivational Interviewing Stockholm, Sweden June 7-9, 2010 Equipoise Is MI without a Target Behavior MI? William R. Miller David B. Rosengren Chris C. Wagner Allan Zuckoff & Mary Amanda Dew
3. Target Behavior? “Nothing good ever happened to a target” – Bill Miller, MINT listserv Equipoise ≠ Absence of Target Behavior It is possible to be in a state of equipoise when a focused on a specific behavioral choice Stay in my present community or take a job that requires a move to a new area? (MI2, pp. 93-96) Counselor’s goal is to help the client to resolve ambivalence without aspiration to achieve one resolution over another
