MI is fundamentally a motivation enhancement and treatment initiation approach, especially as it has been tested with substance abuse (Burke et al., 2002). The fundamental assumption is that once sufficient motivation is developed, change will occur as a natural process. SFGT, in contrast, takes motivation as a starting place and provides techniques to further support change. For example, Miller (2000) writes, “After a goal is negotiated, [SFBT] specifies how to use a client’s own unique resources and strengths to accomplish this goal” (para. 4). The therapist uses a variety of techniques–e.g., scaling questions, exception-finding questions, relapse evaluation and prevention, and amplifying change–to support clients though the process of change. SFGT, then, provides interventions geared to a wider spectrum of the change process than does MI.