by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Aug 22, 2025 | Motivational Interviewing, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 4 minutes Following the Golden Thread of Motivation with Motivational Interviewing I was coaching a participant in MI Academy the other day, and in our debrief of a practice session, she shared that she was looking for the “golden thread” to...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jul 8, 2025 | Motivational Interviewing, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 4 minutes Audio Listening with Motivational Interviewing Podcasts I often have MI Academy training participants ask, “How does MI apply to working with clients who struggle with [something specific]?” Motivational Interviewing is so widely applicable...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jun 10, 2025 | Motivational Interviewing, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 5 minutes Emphasis on Empathy in Motivational Interviewing It’s clear from change research that provider empathy has the most consistent relationship with positive client outcomes of any provider trait studied. Let me say this again: Provider empathy is...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | May 20, 2025 | Motivational Interviewing, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 5 minutes Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Informed Care Motivational Interviewing is trauma informed at its essence. If you want a deeper dive into this topic, check out our 2-hour CE course on Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Informed Care...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | May 5, 2025 | Motivational Interviewing, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 4 minutes How does MI translate across cultures? Motivational Interviewing is an international phenomenon. Since the early 1980’s, Motivational Interviewing has been translated and taught in over 75 languages across 6 continents. The MINT, Motivational...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Apr 21, 2025 | Motivational Interviewing, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 4 minutes 3 Ways MI Helps Prevent Burnout Sometimes as helping professionals, we fall into the habit of thinking we need to figure out what a client needs to change, come up with motivations for them and figure out how they should go about making that...