Beware of “I Know”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you are sitting with a client and you start to get excited because you think you have identified what the problem is and what is needed to solve it, BEWARE! “I know” comes up for me when I think I’ve figured out: what the dilemma is...
Scaling Questions in MI
Reading Time: 2 minutesA lot of people associate scaling questions with Motivational Interviewing! And scaling questions are EVERYWHERE. Not just MI! Most of us have heard this one: “What is your pain, on a scale of 0-10?” Or, scaling questions can be used to...
Why is it called Motivational Interviewing??
Reading Time: 2 minutesI had a hard time with the name ‘Motivational Interviewing’ initially. It sounded like a cheerleading kind of thing– is it about ME motivating my CLIENTS to change? That sounds like what I’m already trying to do and it’s exhausting!...
Releasing My Expectations, OVER and OVER Again
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes, I just gotta acknowledge that my own grief is getting in my way of helping other people change. I’m not talking about grief related to the losses happening in clients lives, like the more obvious events & losses. Those are hard...
Do’s and Don’ts of MI
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou are in the business of helping people change! Yet sometimes you may inadvertently say things that contribute to client resistance to change. Let’s take a look! I invite you to ask yourself these questions: Do I listen more than I talk? Or...
Hillary Bolter