Connecting Paradigms: A Trauma-Informed & Neurobiological Framework for Motivational Interviewing Implementation

by Matthew S. Bennett

219 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2017

Reviews

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a teacher this book gave amazing insights to how so many of my students may be feeling and why they act the way they do. A lot of the material is really directed toward therapists but we were able to glean some great background about trauma which is a good start. Overall having this background as someone who works in a school is an important step in serving students.

[Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read!

This is a nice integration of Trauma informed Care and Neurobiological considerations with Stages of Change (Change Model) and Motivational Interviewing strategies for helping those who have multiple and complex needs due to significant trauma histories. The author's enthusiasm, sense of caring, wisdom and purpose are reflected throughout the text.

Highly recommended!

Jay S. Levy, MSW, LICSW
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[Sam Jameson · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy-to-read book that summarizes MI nicely and provides a lot of tips (so many acronyms!) to help support clients with trauma. The examples provided focus mainly on clients who are un-housed, drug-dependent, and HIV-positive (which is not my area but still interesting and easily applied to others). I especially like the ending which was a call to end the social injustices that directly lead to our clients developing trauma in the first place (get at the cause and not just the symptoms).

[Devin Stevenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent integration of MI with relevant other paradigms

[Ricky · Rating 4 out of 5]

To me it seemed kind of basic, but I think it's a good overview for someone who doesn't know a ton about recent information. Not super basic, but as someone with a graduate degree who had studied trauma and MI, I don't feel like I gained much from this book. I would recommend the book though.