Chapter Activities
Chapter 1
The following are activities to practice and hone you skills.
1. Trust is essential in developing a Therapeutic Alliance. Break into small groups and
identify a list of characteristics of an individual you would find to be trustworthy.
Compare your lists with lists from other groups. Are there any differences? Similarities?
Can these characteristics be learned? Practiced?
2. Break into pairs. One takes the role of the client and the other the role of the clinician.
Read the Motivational Interviewing script on pages 6–8. What was this experience like
for the therapist (role) and the client (role)? Discuss as a class how this type of dialogue
is different from your regular (casual) way of communicating?