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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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Is there space for accountability in MI?
A past training participant reached out to pick my brain about how keeping clients accountable fits (or doesn’t fit) with MI. She expressed frustration about clients trying to place the blame on us (providers) for what’s not working for them. This happens, doesn’t...
What does it take to REALLY LEARN something new?!
Learning MI has been likened to learning a new sport or language. What is a language or sport you have learned? One that you have gotten good at? Found your flow with?How did you get there?My guess is with three ingredients:Repetition.Practice.Feedback.I grew up...
We are Guides in the Wilderness: Facilitating Change with Motivational Interviewing
I used to work in Wilderness. Meaning, I worked both in the wilderness and in the wilderness industry. My undergraduate degree was a BA in Therapeutic Uses of the Wilderness. For real! It was a great program, a kind of combo of counseling/psychology and adventure...
What do Goldilocks and Motivational Interviewing have in common?
I had a training participant ask me, “When is confrontation appropriate? What about when a client is clearly in denial/stuck/not changing?”This is a very good question, the answer to which involves Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I’ll get to Goldilocks.First, I’ll...
Ted Lasso has a lesson for us! Ted and Motivational Interviewing: Relationship over Outcome
I invite you to think about a sports metaphor for a moment. If you are a coach, and your focus is totally on the outcomes of scoring and winning, what do your relationships look like with your athletes? And if you are relationally focused? Ted Lasso has taught us a...
Sympathy is Different Than Empathy: Empathy & Motivational Interviewing
In Motivational Interviewing, we often talk about the importance of Empathy, especially when it comes to engagement with clients, but we don’t focus on Sympathy.Why?Because Sympathy is different from Empathy! People often think they are the same and use them...
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!