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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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How Motivational Interviewing Works: The Spirit of Compassion in MI
This is part 1 in a series of 4 ‘deeper dives’ into how motivational interviewing works, beginning with the spirit of motivational interviewing. Just what is the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing? The new MI book shares, “MI involves not only particular skills,...
Motivational Interviewing Skills for the Precontemplative Client
If you are like, “Precontemplative…what?” check out my blog post on Motivational Interviewing Stages of Change here? In short, “precontemplation” refers to the stage of change when clients aren’t yet wanting to think or talk about change. It’s before they contemplate...
Is Motivational Interviewing Evidence Based?
Many folks want to know, “Is Motivational Interviewing Evidence Based?” The short story is YES. As of the date of this blog, there are over 2,200 controlled trials on Motivational Interviewing. The evidence is clear, Motivational Interviewing is Evidence Based. Here...
Applying the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing to Change
Y’all, join us this Thursday for a FREE webinar with Dr. Michelle Drapkin on Motivational Interviewing as a Path to Personal Change, and earn a FREE 1 hr of CE! MI Center for Change is a NBCC approved CE provider #7223. Can’t attend live? Sign up for access to the...
Free Motivational Interviewing as a Path to Personal Change
It’s New Year's resolution time for many… Some people set intentions for the year, decide upon a word for the year, or create specific change plans. The statistics for maintaining New Year's Resolutions are pretty abysmal for many. And we know the challenges of the...
Sharing Concerns or Giving Information with Motivational Interviewing
When people are learning Motivational Interviewing, they begin to learn it’s important to NOT do some things. Don’t persuade. Don’t argue for change. Don’t give unsolicited advice. Sometimes providers wonder, “Well, what can I do? Can I share a concern I have with a...
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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!