Many people new to MI have trouble moving their reflections from simple to complex. A complex reflection is a guess at the meaning or emotion that the client is expressing. My experience is that this is a matter of practice, and being willing to listen carefully and take a chance at such a “guess”. You […]
Counseling Tips for Nutrition Therapists: Practice Workbook, Volume 3 by Molly Kellogg, RD, LCSW
Excerpted from Counseling Tips for Nutrition Therapists: Practice Workbook, Volume 3 by Molly Kellogg,RD, LCSW, Kg Press, 2014 This month, I am spotlighting my colleague and friend, Molly Kellogg, who has written a wide variety of practice tips for nutrition professionals. We humans come in wondrous variety, and we approach the world with an infinite range […]
Motivational Interviewing: Converting Questions to Statements
In October, I attended the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) annual conference in Atlanta, GA. As always, I felt invigorated and refreshed about my ability to teach and train others in MI , and learned many new ideas. Over the next few posts, I will tell you about some of them. One set of […]
Are You Trained in Motivational Interviewing?
I often talk with other professionals about MI, either casually or in my trainings, and hear “Oh, I’m already doing that stuff with my patients”. I think they are confusing warmth and caring with all of MI. Certainly warmth and caring are an important part of MI, but not the whole story. When you dig […]
Why Take Time To Love Yourself?
This article is adapted from my friend and colleague, Diana Cullum-Dugan’s newsletter. You can find Diana at www.NamasteNutrition.net and email her at DianaCullumDugan@gmail.com Why take time to love yourself? The gift of you is tremendous. The richness, unique skills, and intelligence that make you are stellar. Diets fix us and stop the emotions married to […]
