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Hi, I’m Hillary Logan
LCSW, LCAS
Member, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
At MI Center for Change, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!
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Can Motivational Interviewing be used with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder? And what about depression? And health coaching? And parenting?
I trained a group of therapists last week, and there were lots of questions about what MI can be used for. Can Motivational Interviewing be used for clients with depression? Can Motivational Interviewing be used for clients with anxiety? Can Motivational Interviewing...
What do yoga and Motivational Interviewing have in common?
Namaste! I was in my yoga class recently, feeling amazing after a nice shavasana rest on my mat before class closed out. The class always ends with everyone sitting up, hands in prayer pose in front of the heart. Then, as the teacher bows, she says, “Namaste: The...
6 Benefits of Reflective Listening in Motivational Interviewing
When learners to OARS and Motivational Interviewing are learning about Reflective Listening, many are initially skeptical about the benefits of it. “What’s wrong with asking questions? We don’t want to put words in someone’s mouth,” they say. When we are using...
Motivational Interviewing in Groups
It’s not hard to think about how the spirit and skills of Motivational Interviewing can translate into facilitating groups! When I ran outpatient groups in a substance abuse clinic, I utilized Motivational Interviewing in groups all of the time! In one group, I...
Ask-Offer-Ask Motivational Interviewing example in a convo with my teen when she pierced her bellybutton with a safety pin!
Ask-Offer-Ask is a Motivational Interviewing tool that is used when exchanging information or advice. The goal is to support client choice and autonomy as we first evoke their knowledge and thoughts on something before imparting ours! So, when my daughter pierced her...
MI Tip: Empathy in Motivational Interviewing
In a training I provided recently, participants got into a deep discussion on what empathy is and how it fits in with Motivational Interviewing (MI). Empathy is the ability to understand, and even partially experience, the feelings of another. And Motivational...
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Hi, I’m Hillary Logan
At MI Center for Change, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!