There are a number of MI resource collections available online, including the following:

• Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
• Zur Institute Innovative Resources & Online Continuing Education – MI Resource Page
• Mi-CCSI Center for Clinical Systems Improvement – Motivational Interviewing Resources
• Center for Evidence-Based Practices – Motivational Interviewing Resources
• IRETA, Institute for Research, Education & Training in Addictions – Motivational Interviewing Toolkit
• Intrinsic Change – Motivational Interviewing Resources
• American Society of Addiction Medicine – Motivational Interviewing Resources
• Eat Smart Move More – Motivational Interview Resources
• Delta Psychology – Motivational Interviewing Resources
• SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions – Motivational Interviewing Resources
• Primary Care Behavioral Health – Motivational Interviewing

The references below include literature reviews and meta-analyses of the effectiveness of MI.

Lundahl, B., Kunz, C., Brownell, C., Tollefson, D., & Burke, B.L. (2010). A meta-analysis of motivational interviewing: Twenty-five years of empirical studies. Research on Social Work Practice, 20(2), 137-160.

Lundahl, B., Moleni, T., Burke, B.L., Butters, R., Tollefson, D., Butler, C., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing in medical care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Patient Education and Counseling, 93, 157-168.

Morton, K., Beauchamp, M., Prothero, A., Joyce, L., Saunders, L., Spencer-Bowdage, S., . . . Pedlar, C. (2015). The effectiveness of motivational interviewing for health behaviour change in primary care settings: A systematic review. Health Psychology Review, 9(2), 205-223.

Rubak, S., Sandboek, A., Lauritzen, T., & Christensen, B. (2005). Motivational interviewing: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of General Practice, 55(513), 305-312.

Soderlund, L.L., Madson, M.B., Rubak, S., & Nilsen, P. (2011). A systematic review of motivational interviewing training for general health care practitioners. Patient Education and Counseling, 84, 16-26.

Below are references to selected articles that explain what motivational interviewing is and how to apply it in practice.

Hall, K., Gibbie, T., & Lubman, D.I. (2012). Motivational interviewing techniques: Facilitating behaviour change in the general practice setting. Australian Family Physician, 41(9), 660-667.

Hardcastle, S.J., Fortier, M., Blake, N., & Hagger, M.S. (2017). Identifying content-based and relational techniques to change behaviour in motivational interviewing. Health Psychology Review, 11(1), 1-16.

Huffman, M. (2014). Using motivational interviewing through evidence-based health coaching. Home Healthcare Nurse, 32(9), 543-548.

Miller, W.R., & Rollnick, S. (2009). Ten things that motivational interviewing is not. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 37, 129-140.

Rollnick, S., & Miller, W.R. (1995). What is motivational interviewing? Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 325-334.

Rollnick, S., Miller, W.R., & Butler, C.C. (2008). Motivational interviewing in health care: Helping patients change behaviour. New York: The Guilford Press.