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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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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 ATTITUDE I bring to clients absolutely impacts the relationship AND client...
Getting More From Our Questions
The start of school has happened for most of us, and as we meet up with our kids again at the end of the day, we like to know how things went! We know how it goes...hoping to hear some details, you ask your child, "Did you have a good day?" Instead, we get the...
5 Facts about Motivational Interviewing
There are lots of misconceptions out there about Motivational Interviewing (MI)! I thought I’d share some facts this week about what MI actually is!Here are some basic facts about Motivational Interviewing!1. MI is a conversation style. Motivational Interviewing is a...
But My Client Isn’t Talking! Using MI in Those Awkward Silences
“How can I use MI when my client isn’t talking?” We have all been there, sitting with a less-than-talkative client as the seconds and minutes tick by. What should I say? Do I fill the space? Do I wait for them to break the silence? We often fall...
Story Time with Hillary: A Little Fish and Change 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 backup and define Change Talk & Sustain Talk. In Motivational...
What You Believe Matters (For Client Outcomes)
Sometimes in a training, I’ll toss up a slide that says this: Do you believe that people are doing the best they can with what they have, at any given moment? Sometimes, I’ll create breakout groups to discuss this. Some folks quickly come to a stance on their answers,...
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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!