Your employer signs you up for a Motivational Interviewing (MI) training or you just attend since you are intrigued by what you have heard about this language and its efficacy with behavior change. You learn one of the key skills of MI – complex reflections – which adds meaning to a client’s words. You may […]
Our world is rapidly changing, and people are feeling vulnerable, scarred and wondering about the future. What is the most good we can do in the little time that we have with clients, especially with the new social distancing? What happens between us and our clients will be something that will carry on for that […]
How do you get to the why of someone’s motivation for change? WHY is a tricky word since asking why can be shaming depending on how you frame it. Rather than asking why do you do that (addiction, behavior challenges, etc.) try asking when things are working what helps or what makes this change important […]
You are sitting across from a client who looks depressed, doesn’t have much energy and is not sure if their life is worth participating in. Sound familiar? Are they motivated or not? How do you unpack whatever motivation is there? If someone is alive and breathing in front of you there is some level of optimism […]
Your clients come to you with multiple types of ambivalence and seek help for how to see their way through to change. How do you help them in a way that shows empathy with their situation, emphasizes autonomy and strategically keeps change on the horizon without injecting your own agenda? We know the language of […]