Motivational Interviewing with Veterans
Motivational Interviewing with Veterans I just got back from an amazing time at a conference put on by the Veterans Services of the Carolinas, an organization MI Center for Change has provided training for for over 5 years. It has been such a delight to work with such...
Beware of “I Know”
Beware of “I Know” When you are sitting with a client and you start to get excited because you think you have identified what the problem is and what is needed to solve it, BEWARE!“I know” comes up for me when I think I’ve figured out:What the dilemma is for a...
What About When Our Clients Judge Us? How can Motivational Interviewing help?
What About When Our Clients Judge Us? How can Motivational Interviewing help? People judge each other all the time. Judgment is about having an opinion, and we all have opinions!A key component to maintaining the spirit of MI is the ability to suspend our judgment...
Setting Goals Clients Own
Setting Goals Clients Own I can remember in my early days of social work how much my enthusiasm clouded my ability to set goals with clients. The main issues were that 1. I was setting their goals more than they were, and 2. the goals weren’t attainable!In retrospect,...
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...
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