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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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When to use (and not use) Motivational Interviewing
As Motivational Interviewers, we are not using Motivational Interviewing to get someone to do what we want them to do. Getting someone else to do what we want them to do is manipulation. Motivational Interviewing is designed to support someone to move towards...
A RULE of Motivational Interviewing
Are you familiar with the RULE acronym in Motivational Interviewing? RULE is sometimes referred to as the “guiding principles” of Motivational Interviewing. The RULE Motivational Interviewing acronym is an oldie but goody! And when I say oldie, it’s because...
Ambivalence is normal… but did you know it can be a strength?
Years ago I ran Motivational Interviewing groups for folks with substance misuse. I distinctly remember a participant's response in one particular group, when we were talking about ambivalence (and normalizing ambivalence about substances). I wrote the word...
How Motivational Interviewing Works: The Spirit of Partnership
This is part 4 in a series of 4 ‘deeper dives’ into the spirit of Motivational Interviewing. If you’d like to check out our blog on the other three elements of MI spirit, compassion, acceptance and empowerment. Just what is the spirit of Motivational Interviewing? The...
How Motivational Interviewing Works: The Spirit of Acceptance
This is part 3 in a series of 4 ‘deeper dives’ into the spirit of Motivational Interviewing. Just what is the spirit of Motivational Interviewing? The spirit of MI is the attitude we bring to the work with our clients. It’s about our heart-set and mindset as...
How Motivational Interviewing Works: Ask-Ask-Offer-Ask!
Sometimes I forget that I can’t make other people change. But I do know that when I forget this, I actually make it harder for them to change. Why? Because when I forget that I can’t make other people change, I fall into persuading, convincing, information giving,...
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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!