Over 450 databased studies attest to the effectiveness of the microskills model in the INTENTIONAL INTERVIEWING
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text enables students of many backgrounds to master basic skills in a step-by-step fashion, thus rapidly empowering
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theoretical perspectives: person-centered, decisional interviewing, assertiveness training, and brief solution-oriented
counseling. Throughout the text, students are encouraged to examine themselves and to start defining their own
personal style and theory of interviewing and counseling.