Motivational Interviewing Skills Code (MISC) 2.1
Background
The Motivational Interviewing Skills Code (MISC) is the original behavioral
coding system that provides comprehensive information about the process of
motivational interviewing (MI). It can be to provide detailed feedback to
counselors learning MI, to evaluate gains in training, to conduct therapy
process research, to insure the integrity of MI interventions in clinical
trials, and to examine relationships between therapy process measures and
client outcomes. The MISC is particularly well suited to investigate
processes within MI sessions, to illuminate causal mechanisms within MI, to
investigate questions relating to client behavior during sessions and behavior
change, and to investigate expert-level use of MI. We believe that the
MISC 2.1 is the most precise MI process coding instrument available, providing
detailed information about both therapist and client behaviors during MI
sessions.
The MISC examines counselor behaviors as well as client commitment
language. This system involves two coding passes: (1) Therapist globals
and specific therapist behavior counts, (2) client globals and specific client
behavior counts. The MISC is intended for use with an entire therapy
session. The MISC 2.1 incorporates the Client Language Assessment in
Motivational Interviewing (CLAMI) system, developed to code client change
language categories. The MISC 2.1 manual can be downloaded here. Previous versions
can be found on the archive page.
Training materials
Two sessions from the Motivational Interviewing Professional
Training Videotape Series (1998) have been coded using the MISC 2.1.
Video ordering information and download links for the coded and uncoded
transcripts are given below.
Motivational Interviewing Professional Training Videotape Series: Tape B, Phase
I, Part 2 (Ponytail)
ordering information uncoded transcript
coded transcript
Motivational Interviewing Professional Training Videotape Series: Tape C
(Rounder)
ordering information uncoded transcript
coded transcript
Brief Therapy For Addiction-Related Issues: Motivational Interviewing (Soccer
Mike)
DVD
ordering information uncoded
transcript coded transcript
Videotape
ordering information
Because examples of low-quality MI are not widely available, we have created
sessions using role-plays with simulated patients for training purposes.
Download links for the audio files and MISC 2.1-coded and uncoded transcripts
are given below. To download the audio files, right-click with your mouse
and select "Save target as" or "Save link as".
Session 1 audio uncoded transcript
coded transcript
Session 2 audio
uncoded transcript
coded transcript
Session 3 audio
uncoded transcript
coded transcript
Session 4 audio
uncoded transcript
coded transcript
Session 5 audio
uncoded transcript
coded transcript