Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
MET is a non-judgemental style of therapy which has been found to be helpful in supporting clients who are having difficulty changing particular behaviours. It emerged from an understanding that decision-making often incorporates ambivalence, based on a person's readiness to change.
MET therefore supports clients in exploring their readiness to change a given behaviour, such as their drinking, or giving up an eating disorder, and pitches therapy at their particular level of motivation to change. It uses strategies to support clients in enhancing and fostering their readiness to change, and has been shown to be a helpful adjunct to therapy for a number of concerns including eating disorders and alcohol/substance use as well as other addictive behaviours.
MET therefore supports clients in exploring their readiness to change a given behaviour, such as their drinking, or giving up an eating disorder, and pitches therapy at their particular level of motivation to change. It uses strategies to support clients in enhancing and fostering their readiness to change, and has been shown to be a helpful adjunct to therapy for a number of concerns including eating disorders and alcohol/substance use as well as other addictive behaviours.
