What do Goldilocks and Motivational Interviewing have in common?
What do Goldilocks and Motivational Interviewing have in common? I had a training participant ask me, “When is confrontation appropriate? What about when a client is clearly in denial/stuck/not changing?”This is a very good question, the answer to which involves...
Ted Lasso has a lesson for us! Ted and Motivational Interviewing: Relationship over Outcome
Ted Lasso has a lesson for us! Ted and Motivational Interviewing: Relationship over Outcome I invite you to think about a sports metaphor for a moment. If you are a coach, and your focus is totally on the outcomes of scoring and winning, what do your relationships...
Sympathy is Different Than Empathy: Empathy & Motivational Interviewing
Sympathy is Different Than Empathy: Empathy & Motivational Interviewing In Motivational Interviewing, we often talk about the importance of Empathy, especially when it comes to engagement with clients, but we don’t focus on Sympathy.Why?Because Sympathy is...
Applying skills of Motivational Interviewing in Conversations with Friends and Family
Applying skills of Motivational Interviewing in Conversations with Friends and Family Last week, I wrote about applying the spirit and OARS skills to a conversation with my daughter around piercing her own belly button (OUCH!). I can’t tell you HOW many times training...
My daughter pierced her own belly button. Using Motivational Interviewing to engage in meaningful conversation.
My daughter pierced her own belly button. Using Motivational Interviewing to engage in meaningful conversation. So… My oldest daughter got on a group chat with a couple other kids one evening recently, and they pierced their belly buttons together. She timidly and...
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