by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jul 7, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I’ve become a Righting Reflex machine!” a recent training participant said recently. We are responding from our Righting Reflex when we respond by trying to fix problems in our clients lives. It comes from a good place (our desire to help!),...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jun 30, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you haven’t read my message from last week about Motivational Interviewing and horse training, check it out here. Yep, I have one more favorite moment from the Monty Roberts horse video about guiding a wild mustang to accepting his first...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jun 23, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you seen the Horse Whisperer video? Monty Roberts, “the horse whisperer,” is working with a wild mustang in a round pen, with the goal of guiding the wild horse from halter to rider in under 25 minutes. It’s pretty awesome. It’s the...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Jun 9, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesI struggled initially to figure out a way to write about the current issues as they relate to Motivational Interviewing, until a participant in my current advanced training (thanks Will!) sent me this talk by Bill Miller on the intersection of...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | May 26, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesCould you use a little self compassion right now? I know I could. These are some challenging times! I turn to the spirit of Motivational Interviewing to be the foundation of the attitude I bring to my clients. But until recently, I hadn’t...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | May 18, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 2 minutesMotivational Interviewing, empathy, and lock down! So this week was a particularly hard parenting week for us. We are officially 10 weeks into 24/7 nuclear family contact. And as much as there are some really, really beautiful things that have...