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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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Lock in Empathy
Motivational Interviewing, empathy, and lock down! So this week was a particularly hard parenting week for us. We are officially 10 weeks into 24/7 nuclear family contact. And as much as there are some really, really beautiful things that have happened with so much...
What’s Empathy Got to Do With It?
Empathy is commonly defined as understanding and sharing the feelings of another. So first, we need to understand what is going on with another. This means slowing down to notice, drop our agendas, and truly listen. Listen for what’s beneath the surface. Can we take...
What if, Just for Today, you fully embodied the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing?
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,...
Motivational Interviewing in COVID Conversations
A friend of mine shared with me a conversation she had with a neighbor about his choices around COVID exposure. Let me set the scene: This friend does some caretaking for her elderly neighbor, walking his dog and other things that require contact during this Social...
Motivational Interviewing Reflective Listening to support GETTING ALONG with folks during COVID!
You are either spending WAY more time alone than you are accustomed to, or WAY more time squished with people in your household than you ever have before. If you are the latter, this email is for you. (And if you are the former, read on for a refresh on the power of...
Reflections in Motivational Interviewing
I had such a fantastic first live virtual training session recently! One participant shared at the end of the first class, “Today was such a good reminder that when I’m getting pulled into trying to change a client, to sit back and reflect.” If you have attended my...
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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!