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Hi, I’m Hillary Logan
LCSW, LCAS
Member, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
At MI Center for Change, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!
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You Don’t Need to Know
I was recently working with someone who was at one of those “fork in the road” moments in their life. I was getting really worked up (in my head) because I didn’t know which choice that person should make. This was a big decision, there were repercussions on both...
7 Tips for Loving Someone who Struggles with Substance Misuse
When you love someone who struggles with substance misuse, you often need a lot of support to stay sane and in your lane. That’s where Motivational Interviewing comes in. A MI trainer buddy of mine Kate Watson has a popular podcast and wrote a book called Only Trying...
FREE motivational interviewing online training on MI in clinical supervision
We have another free motivational interviewing online training for ya! Dayna Guido was a professor of mine when I went through the UNC-Chapel Hill masters in social work program. She has been a mentor of mine and a good friend, and we LOVE to train together! We are...
Summaries that Focus & Guide
The Motivational Interviewing OARS deep dive continues! This is the fourth and final in my OARS series as it relates to CHANGE TALK in Motivational Interviewing. In Motivational Interviewing, OARS stand for Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections and...
Reflections that Get Us Somewhere!
OARS deep dive time! Ready for some more free motivational interviewing training info? This is the third in my OARS series as it relates to CHANGE TALK. First, I talked about Open-ended questions, then Affirmations. Today, it’s all about REFLECTIONS that go...
OARS: Affirmations! A good MI training differentiates between cheerleading and affirming.
Do YOU have an inner cheerleader? I know I do! That inner cheerleader loves to throw my hands in the air and clap and wave as I holler, “YOU GOT THIS! GO TEAM!! Woohoooo!!!” Cheering is awesome! Sometimes we need a cheerleader. I sure appreciate having people in my...
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Hi, I’m Hillary Logan
At MI Center for Change, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!