Don’t Try This At Home: Using MI with friends and family
Reading Time: 3 minutesCaution: Do Not Try This At Home! I have heard this phrase often: “I used MI on so-and-so and…” (First of all, we don’t use MI “on” anyone. We use MI with others. MI is a collaborative conversation style, not a method of...
Can I Give Advice?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is a question I often hear from folks learning Motivational Interviewing. How does giving information and advice fit into Motivational Interviewing?? When we are being directive in conversation, we give information and advice...
Reflecting Doesn’t Mean Agreeing
Reading Time: < 1 minutesReflections are statements we make to our clients that repeat back key elements of what they said. In Motivational Interviewing, reflections can be simple or complex. They can be a restatement, or add meaning or emphasis that can highlight...
Getting More From Our Questions
Reading Time: < 1 minutesThe start of school has happened for most of us, and as we meet up with our kids again at the end of the day, we like to know how things went! We know how it goes…hoping to hear some details, you ask your child, “Did you have a...
5 Facts about Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are lots of misconceptions out there about Motivational Interviewing (MI)! I thought I’d share some facts this week about what MI actually is!Here are some basic facts about Motivational Interviewing!1. MI is a conversation...
Hillary Bolter