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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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My daughter pierced her own belly button. Using Motivational Interviewing to engage in meaningful conversation.
So… My oldest daughter got on a group chat with a couple other kids one evening recently, and they pierced their belly buttons together. She timidly and excitedly showed me her piercing later that night, seeking my approval. (I’d wondered why she rushed through the...
Sometimes Figuring Out Our Client’s Target For Change Isn’t Easy! Target Behaviors in Motivational Interviewing
There are four processes in Motivational Interviewing: 1. Engaging is about establishing rapport, connecting, ensuring that your client feels heard and understood.2. Focusing is about determining the target behavior, what is the topic of change. 3. Evoking process is...
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:...
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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!