Motivational interviewing is an innovative therapetic strategy that recognizes that individuals proceed through a set of stages when preparing for, accomplishing, and maintaining behaviour change. MI is based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) which outlines five distinct changesof readiness to change: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance. No book to date has focused exclusively on applying MI to intimatew partner violence untl now. | Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change in Intimate Partner Violence by Christopher Murphy, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters