Who’s Problem Is It?
Reading Time: 3 minutesA kid, scissors, and a VERY short haircut Story Time!! I’m going to tell you a story about my feisty younger daughter. When she was 4 or 5 years old, I was in the kitchen doing dishes and she was playing by herself in the other room. She...
Working with Someone who is Stuck in a Hole?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was recently talking with a training participant who shared about his work with a client who is really struggling with depression and motivation. He said, “I’m just trying to get him out of that hole! I keep telling him what to do and...
You Already Have What It Takes!
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou’ve heard a lot from Hillary about MI, time to bring in the voices of the MINT trainers joining the Bolter Consulting team! Hi! I’m Chris Miles, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers...
Keeping things focused with SUMMARIES!
Reading Time: < 1 minutesThis is the fourth message in a 4-part series on OARS skills! Click here to read the first three posts on Open-ended questions, Affirmations, and Reflections. This week we’re doing a deeper dive into the OARS tool of SUMMARIES! In...
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had all the time in the world?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf we had all of the time in the world, we might go boating without OARS. But as helping professionals, we have limited time AND our goal is to work with people to support change. So we gotta have some tools to guide the conversation! In...
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