Motivational Enhancement Therapy is for people dealing with substance use issues. Its goal is to move people from ambivalence (not caring either way) about substance use to being internally motivated and action-oriented toward change.
MET uses assessments to discover more about you and how and why you might use substances to cope. Then, your counselor will help you develop self-motivating beliefs and statements that you can use to encourage change within yourself.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy helps you identify the risks involved with continued substance use, understand your responsibility for changing behavior, and find inherent skills that help transform your behaviors. The goal isn’t to shame people for their actions but to help them see how they are worthy of changing their behaviors to align their life with their goals. Your counselor might help you identify the discrepancies in your goals and your substance use. Together, you’ll discuss ways your actions are harmful to achieving your goals. Your counselor will help you identify and develop inner strengths to focus on change. Together, you’ll create an action plan and identify internal resources, such as strength, commitment, and dedication, and external resources, like your counselor, a self-help group, or supportive individuals in your life.
I hope to work with you to address the stressors in your life -- previous trauma, systemic barriers, your own unhelpful thoughts, and more. With a compassionate and nonjudgmental lens, I want to collaborate with you to provide the care that's best suited for your goals. I provide telehealth counseling services throughout the week, with some weekend and evening availability.
Come in and settle into the healing power that is growth and wholeness. In counseling, I get the privilege of watching my clients transform in ways they never would have thought possible. Whether you feel stuck or broken, you are struggling with something specific or not so specific, we will work together to get you to a place of peace.
I'm a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with expertise in autism, ADHD, and behavioral therapy, committed to compassionate care and dedicated to supporting both patients and their caregivers.
I’m Andrea Hinton, PMHNP-BC, with over 18 years of experience providing compassionate mental health care. I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and bipolar disorders, using an integrative approach that includes both natural supplements and medications. I believe in tailoring treatment to each individual’s unique needs through collaboration, creating a supportive environment f...
