Motivational Interviewing and Financial Planning part 1
Reading Time: 4 minutes Motivational Interviewing and Financial Planning part 1 Motivational Interviewing and Financial Planning? Humm…not a field you may have thought of where MI can be used. Typically, MI is discussed with mental health and social service...
Root Cause? MI is Interested in Root Motivation!
Reading Time: 5 minutes Root Cause? MI is Interested in Root Motivation! Many of us, as helping professionals, are trained to look for the root cause problem. We notice barriers, issues, problems, and our brains want to go toward identifying those and fixing those. ...
What does it mean to be using Motivational Interviewing from the Inside Out?
Reading Time: 5 minutes What does it mean to be using Motivational Interviewing from the Inside Out? When we are learning Motivational Interviewing, it can feel like we are trying to use skills that don’t feel organic to us. It can feel like we are trying to use MI...
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...
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