Wrestle with yourself so you don’t wrestle with your client!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Wrestle with yourself so you don’t wrestle with your client! With Motivational Interviewing, we often say, “We are dancing, not wrestling”. Imagine the metaphor of wrestling with your client– pushing, pulling, persuading,...
What is Macro Motivational Interviewing?
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is Macro Motivational Interviewing? Did you know that Motivational Interviewing is being applied to systems work? It’s called macro MI! One of the limitations of traditional approaches to Motivational Interviewing (MI) is the narrow focus...
Less Fixing, More Listening
Reading Time: 4 minutes Less Fixing, More Listening What most folks need is a good listening to! But as helpers, we tend to want to jump in and fix. Motivational Interviewing calls this the Fixing Reflex- our own urge to give advice, information, or try to fix a...
Considerations on how MI applies with family over the holidays
Reading Time: 5 minutes Considerations on how MI applies with family over the holidays The holidays are nearly here. How can Motivational Interviewing help us with family relationships? What about friends? How many times are you talking with your kids, partner,...
Is giving advice a form of control?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Is giving advice a form of control? I heard a comment recently that advice is a form of control. I had never thought about it like that! When I give advice, what is my intention behind it? I typically think about the intention behind my...
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