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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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Let Me Clear My Throat! Ambivalence and Motivational Interviewing
(If DJ Cool’s Let Me Clear My Throat song just popped into YOUR head, welcome to my brain.)It has come to my attention, via my kind and patient husband, that I clear my throat excessively every morning. First, I figured it was allergies. So I restarted my allergy...
Stop Persuading Clients to Change! Another shadow of the Righting Reflex in Motivational Interviewing
It is so hard to stop persuading people to change.I find it ESPECIALLY challenging with those closest to me- my children and husband! Just eat your darn veggies! They are good for you!It does seem the more invested in the outcome, the harder it is to withhold...
Why take a break with advice-giving & fixing?
What’s wrong with jumping in with your ideas, and fixing something when someone has a problem? Let’s start with an important term and definition. Motivational Interviewing has named this ‘fixing’ behavior our Righting Reflex. Not, “I'm right and you are wrong,” but...
Could You Use a Hug? Affirmations and Motivational Interviewing
In Motivational Interviewing, affirmations are like ‘hugs with words.’I’m kinda thinking we could all use a good hug right now. I sure could. Helping professionals are TAXED right now!Affirmations are just one of the ‘micro-skills’ of MI, OARS (OARS stands for:...
Don’t Do New Year’s Resolutions!
Welcome to 2022!!! And what has changed exactly? Today is just another day. Another Tuesday. Another month. Another New Year in a pandemic. Another strain of COVID. Another year wondering if you’ll have the energy to pull it all together for yourself,...
Be a Good Guide
Motivational Interviewing is a guiding style of communication. When I talk about this in my trainings, I love using a video by Bill Miller, one of the founders of Motivational Interviewing, because it refers to MI in terms of “being a good guide.” Let's...
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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!