Motivational interviewing: The RULES, PACE, and OARS

CASE CONTINUED

You use the last 15 minutes of Mr. C’s visit to conduct MI and acknowledge his ambivalence to change. Mr. C reveals that his motivation for change centers on how he perceives himself as a disappointment to his daughter because of his continuous drug use. At the end of the encounter, Mr. C is in tears but has a renewed motivation to stop using heroin. He agrees to enter substance abuse treatment.