Next week I have the distinct pleasure of conducting a Motivational Interviewing training for the dietetic interns in the Boston area. This is the fourth year in which I’ve offered this training, and it’s one of my favorites. When I was a dietetic intern in 1970-71, we were taught that our job was to “teach […]
Using Motivational Interviewing for Leadership Training
Motivational Interviewing was originally developed to help clinicians in working with patients and clients. The idea is that the patient has free will, and can choose whether or not to change behavior. The goal of MI is to help the other person clarify their goals and values, and decide if their behavior is in line […]
Teaching Is No Fun Unless You’re Learning Something!
For the past 12 years, I have been teaching Nutrition, Public Health and Motivational Interviewing at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Doing this work was a dream I had as an undergrad at Simmons College, also in Boston. I now find myself fulfilling this and many other professional dreams I had as a young person. […]
More Powerful, Positive Techniques for Change in Motivational Interviewing
In my last post, I discussed a technique used in Motivational Interviewing called “importance scaling”. The follow up questions are called “confidence scaling” and work in a similar fashion. Here’s how it works. Clinician: Thinking about ________________ change we’ve been discussing, how would you rate your confidence that you could make this change? Use a […]
Training Dietetic Interns
Today I conducted a 1/2 day training for the Dietetic Interns in Boston. Dietitians are really my favorites to train, since I’m one of them. I really do “get” who they are and what their goals are for their professional lives. The interns now are having more exposure to MI techniques and ideas than when […]
