Do you have more or less empathy when you have ‘been there too’?
Reading Time: < 1 minutesOne day when I was driving to work, I heard a snippet from the podcast Hidden Brain on NPR. The research question addressed was, “Do we have more or less empathy when we have had the same or similar experience as another?” The answer...
What is Equipoise?!
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!
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...
How might YOU be contributing to client resistance?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Motivational Interviewing term “Roll with Resistance” morphed into “Dancing with Discord” in the newest edition of the MI book. Why? Because it’s really, really important to not write off clients as “resistant.” Think about it. What causes...
TWO Experts in the Room
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn one of my previous MI trainings, I had a participant who shared a story that has always stuck with me. She was a nurse who was struggling with a certain medical issue that had been recommended for surgery. She was very reluctant to consider...
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