by Chris Miles | Dec 18, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
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...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Dec 10, 2020 | OARS Skills, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesHey folks! This is third in a series of three on using Motivational Interviewing with yourSELF! Click here for the blog links for one and two. So if you have a change that you are feeling stuck around, or really wishing you could get some...
by Chris de Beer | Dec 3, 2020 | OARS Skills, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesA word from MINT member Chris de Beer! – Hillary I’m so pleased to be able to be on the team with Hillary and Chris – both trainers and clinicians that I truly respect. I look forward to meeting more of you in the coming year!...
by Chris Miles | Nov 19, 2020 | OARS Skills, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Reading Time: 2 minutesI want to introduce you to Fenway, our 2 year-old West Highland Terrier. His previous owner had to rehome him a year ago, and we drove all the way from Asheville, NC to Indiana to get him. We fondly refer to him as our little Mid-Westie! He is...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Nov 5, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
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...
by Hillary Logan, LCSW, LCAS | Oct 29, 2020 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
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...