Using SAMHSA’s TIP #35, what is Motivational Interviewing (MI)? What are the basic tenets of using MI with clients with SUDs?  Discuss how counselors can roll with resistance while working a family in which the client with an SUD is in the precontemplation stage of change.
This discussion question meets the following NASAC Standards:
6) Appreciate the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment and recovery process.
95) Understand the characteristics and dynamics of families, couples, and intimate dyads affected by addiction.
96) Be familiar with and appropriately use models of diagnosis and intervention for families, couples, and intimate dyads, including extended, kinship, or tribal family structures.
97) Facilitate the engagement of selected members of the family, couple, or intimate dyed in the treatment and recovery process.
98) Help members of the family, couple, or intimate dyed understand the interaction between their system and addiction.
99) Help families, couples, and intimate dyads adopt strategies and behaviors that sustain recovery and maintain healthy relationships.
104) Describe how addiction affects families and significant/concerned others. 
105) Describe continuum of care resources that are available to significant/concerned others.
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