One set of listening skills used in MI, is summarized with the acronym OARS, which stands for open questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries. Let’s say that your client has been talking to you, sharing information about herself and you have been listening carefully for change talk. That’s when the client is talking about change, and […]
Learning The Listening Skills of Motivational Interviewing
People I meet in my MI training work often ask about what they can do next to build on what they have learned, and improve their skills. Once you’ve attended an introductory training, or done some reading and practice or worked with a coach on MI skills, it might be time to consider what you […]
“Educating” Our Clients
“You know that I don’t believe that anyone has ever taught anything to anyone. The only thing that I know is that anyone who wants to learn will learn. And maybe a teacher is a facilitator, a person who puts things down and shows people how exciting and wonderful it is” ― Carl R. Rogers The […]
My Personal Experience with Being Told What To Do
As I mentioned in last month’s issue, I had knee replacement surgery in September. Both my time in the hospital and as an out patient gave me personal experience with “good” MI and “not-so-good” MI. Of course I don’t know which of my caregivers had MI training, but I can tell you that I liked some of […]
The “Righting Reflex” in Motivational Interviewing
As health care providers we sometimes (or maybe often) feel a strong urge to tell our clients what to do. After all, we have been trained to know what would be best for our clients. We’ve worked hard to learn our craft, and have strong feelings about what behaviors clients should change. We want them to feel this […]
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