Weekly Motivational
Interviewing Blog
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!
Popular Posts
Latest Posts
Motivational Interviewing and The Horse Whisperer
Have you seen the Horse Whisperer video? Monty Roberts, “the horse whisperer,” is working with a wild mustang in a round pen, with the goal of guiding the wild horse from halter to rider in under 25 minutes. It’s pretty awesome.It’s the opposite of traditional “horse...
When in Doubt, REFLECT!
Training participants often name the helpfulness of practicing reflective listening. It reminds us to sit back, drop our shoulders, and just listen! It pulls us out of problem-solving, persuading, and arguing for change. When YOU are getting pulled into trying to...
3 MI Tips to Support Change
YOU are in the business of helping people change! Yet sometimes you may inadvertently say things that contribute to client resistance to change. How does this happen? Let’s take a look! I invite you to ask yourself these questions: Do I listen more than I talk? Or...
“Spirit of Motivational Interviewing!?” What does that mean anyhow?
What if, Just for Today, you fully embodied the spirit of Motivational Interviewing?What does that mean anyhow? “Spirit of Motivational Interviewing!?” It actually clicked for me when I heard MI co-creator Steven Rollnick call it “attitude” rather than spirit.Yes, the...
Story Time! When Change Talk is Embedded in Sustain Talk…
OK, I obviously have some playful, kid parts inside of me. I was reading my youngest a bedtime story one night, and realized, “OH! Change Talk! And lots and lots of Sustain talk.”So let me back up and define Change Talk & Sustain Talk. In Motivational...
Clients have reasons for change, and reasons against change.
Motivational Interviewing brings us some specific skills that help us guide clients when they are stuck in ambivalence! Last week, I wrote about the importance of Change Talk. This week, I'm writing about what to do with it when we hear it! But the first task is to...
Are your clients stuck?
Let’s change that!
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!