A Counseling Case Study On Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder Based On Motivational Interviewing

In recent years,with the development of network technology,there have been unprecedented changes in people’s life,work and entertainment.Although the Internet has brought a series of benefits,it also has a huge impact on the social function and physical and mental health of teenagers.The problem of teenagers’ online game addiction has increasingly become the focus of social attention.In the past,most of the psychological interventions on Internet Gaming Disorder(IGD)focused on the correction of addictive behavior,but in clinical practice,these methods are often resisted by teenagers.Therefore,how to stimulate the motivation of adolescents to participate in the treatment process has become an important issue.Motivational Interviewing(MI),as a collaborative,goal-oriented method of communication,aims to enhance one’s motivation and commitment to change.It reduces the withdrawal reaction and incurable phenomenon of autocratic and mandatory intervention.From the perspective of case study,this study attempts to conduct psychological counseling for an Internet game addicted adolescent based on motivational interview.As a psychological counselor in this study,I gave him independent support and helped him find his independent needs,ability needs and belonging needs by asking open-ended questions,affirming,reflecting and summarizing,so as to inspire his motivation to change and eventually mobilize his own resources for change.Our counseling interventions were conducted via online video meeting,with a total of 12 sessions.The indicators of the visitors were tested before,during,after the consultation and during the return visit.The measurement tools used in this process include the Adolescent Online Game Addiction Questionnaire,the Health Care Climate Questionnaire,the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire and the Basic Psychological Needs Scales.After the intervention,I evaluated the symptoms of the subject and analyzed the data obtained from the scales.It was found that his sense of self-support was improved,the satisfaction degree of the three basic needs was increased,the motivation of change was strengthened,and the level of Internet Gaming Disorder was decreased.This shows that Motivational Interviewing has certain feasibility and lasting effect in the work of Internet game addicted teenagers.This paper is a qualitative research.I started from several aspects,such as selecting the subject,case conceptualizing,drawing up the consultation plan,implementing the plan,summarizing and reflecting,etc.I also tried to present a complete picture of the consultation process,in the hope of providing reference for other Internet Gaming Disorder counseling workers.