| Abstract: | Two counseling approaches of relatively recent origin, responsive therapy and motivational interviewing, are described and compared. Both operate through a series of stages and from a collaborative and postmodernist ethic. They involve prescriptive use of standard micro-skills at the beginning stage and progress to focused and active, intentional intervention strategies. Responsive Therapy claims to allow integration of active interventions from a variety of theory bases, whereas Motivational Interviewing has a strongly cognitive-behavioral flavor. Both serve as viable alternatives to a traditional diagnose and prescribe mindset while maintaining efficient and effective dynamics appropriate to contemporary brief therapy and managed care contexts. |
