Is there a place for Self Disclosure in Motivational Interviewing?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was facilitating one of the advanced MI Uplevel sessions the other day, and a participant asked about the relationship between Motivational Interviewing and peer coaching. She named that those in the peer support coaching realm utilize...
It’s all about the Values!
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat exactly is a value? By definition, values are…. “a person’s principles or standards of behavior, one’s judgment of what is important in life”. When I work with coaching clients, I always ask them to...
We Find What We Are Looking For
Reading Time: < 1 minutesI have a story for you today, and I’m curious about your response! Here is the parable: A Wise man is sitting at the gate of a large city… A traveler approaches him and says, “Sir, I am new here. Could you tell me the kind of people that...
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...
Hillary Bolter