Autor: Marc P. Steinberg

Marc P. Steinberg, MD, FAAP, developed a focus on diabetes care during his 32 years of practice as a physician. He became increasingly interested in working more effectively with people struggling with the self-care of chronic conditions. Since ending his medical practice in 2013, he has focused on training health care providers in MI. Dr. Steinberg has written articles on MI in Diabetes Spectrum and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. He belongs to the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. For more than 40 years, he has maintained an active lifestyle with type 1 diabetes. William R. Miller, PhD, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico. Particularly interested in the psychology of change, he introduced the concept of motivational interviewing in 1983. Dr. Miller has published over 400 professional articles and chapters and 50 books, including Motivational Interviewing, now in its third edition, and Motivational Interviewing in Health Care. He is a recipient of the international Jellinek Memorial Award, two career achievement awards from the American Psychological Association, and an Innovators in Combating Substance Abuse Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among many other honors. The Institute for Scientific Information has listed him as one of the world”s most highly cited researchers.