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Asking Permission First

by Chris Miles | Mar 11, 2021 | OARS Skills, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all have those moments when we’re talking to someone who is telling you about a struggle or challenge, and you think to yourself, “I know what will help. I have a great idea for you! I’ve had other people deal with this same...

What is Equipoise?!

by Chris Miles | Feb 4, 2021 | OARS Skills, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe founders of Motivational Interviewing (William Miller and Stephen Rollnick) define MI as “A directive, client-centered, counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.” ...

How to gather info about difficult topics!

by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jan 28, 2021 | OARS Skills, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing

Reading Time: < 1 minutesHere’s another tool for approaching “itchy topics” with clients using a tool from Motivational Interviewing. What’s an “itchy topic?” (Check out my first blog post on these here) An itchy topic is a hard-to-approach topic with clients! It...

Finding my keys and other things that need REFRAMING!

by Chris de Beer | Jan 14, 2021 | OARS Skills

Reading Time: 2 minutesA word from MINT trainer Chris de Beer: Today, I wanted to talk a little bit about one of the most powerful tools that we have in our MI tool box, and that is reframing. What is a reframe? Reframing is a specific type of reflection in which...

Connecting to Your WHY

by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Dec 10, 2020 | OARS Skills, The Change Process

Reading Time: 2 minutesHey folks! This is third in a series of three on using Motivational Interviewing with yourSELF! Click here for the blog links for one and two. So if you have a change that you are feeling stuck around, or really wishing you could get some...

Detective Listening

by Chris de Beer | Dec 3, 2020 | OARS Skills, The Change Process

Reading Time: 2 minutesA word from MINT member Chris de Beer! – Hillary I’m so pleased to be able to be on the team with Hillary and Chris – both trainers and clinicians that I truly respect. I look forward to meeting more of you in the coming year!...