What’s the relationship between holding clients accountable and Motivational Interviewing?
What’s the relationship between holding clients accountable and Motivational Interviewing? Last week, I wrote about how MI can be useful in talking with clients about ‘accountability’ to program rules (here’s the link!).Today, my focus is on client accountability to...
Is there space for accountability in MI?
Is there space for accountability in MI? A past training participant reached out to pick my brain about how keeping clients accountable fits (or doesn’t fit) with MI. She expressed frustration about clients trying to place the blame on us (providers) for what’s not...
What does it take to REALLY LEARN something new?!
What does it take to REALLY LEARN something new?! Learning MI has been likened to learning a new sport or language. What is a language or sport you have learned? One that you have gotten good at? Found your flow with?How did you get there?My guess is with three...
We are Guides in the Wilderness: Facilitating Change with Motivational Interviewing
We are Guides in the Wilderness: Facilitating Change with Motivational Interviewing I used to work in Wilderness. Meaning, I worked both in the wilderness and in the wilderness industry. My undergraduate degree was a BA in Therapeutic Uses of the Wilderness. For...
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...
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