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...
Sometimes Figuring Out Our Client’s Target For Change Isn’t Easy! Target Behaviors in Motivational Interviewing
Sometimes Figuring Out Our Client’s Target For Change Isn’t Easy! Target Behaviors in Motivational Interviewing There are four processes in Motivational Interviewing: 1. Engaging is about establishing rapport, connecting, ensuring that your client feels heard and...
Let Me Clear My Throat! Ambivalence and Motivational Interviewing
Let Me Clear My Throat! Ambivalence and Motivational Interviewing (If DJ Cool’s Let Me Clear My Throat song just popped into YOUR head, welcome to my brain.)It has come to my attention, via my kind and patient husband, that I clear my throat excessively every...
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