1. Motivation to change: selection criterion or treatment need?; 2. What is motivation to change? A scientific analysis; 3. An individual case formulation approach to the assessment of motivation; 4. Enhancing motivation of offenders at each stage of change and phase of therapy; 5. Building and nurturing a therapeutic alliance with offenders; 6. Motivational interviewing with offenders; 7. Motivating offenders to change through participatory theatre
Summary
How can you help someone who doesn't want to be helped? Should you even try? If motivation is considered not only as an intrinsic attribute of the offender, but dependent upon a range of factors including what obstacles there are, what sort of changes are needed and the kind of intervention on offer, steps can be taken to improve the situation.
