I’ve been reading a very interesting new book, “White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf” by Aaron Bobrow-Strain. The author has written about how the concept of a white flour bread, vs the older style whole wheat or dark bread was and is linked to social and political movements over the past 130 […]
Lots of Protein Helps you Feel Full!
This is an article by my colleague, Susan Dopart, MS, RD, CDE, who is a Registered Dietitian and a Motivational Interviewing trainer. This is not about MI, but I think it’s a very important topic in nutrition and wanted to share it with you!~Dr. Ellen Last week I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Heather […]
Powerful Techniques for Positive Behavior Change: Basic Concepts in Motivational Interviewing
One of my favorite parts of at least one of the definitions of MI talks about “intrinsic motivation”. This refers to the patient or client’s reason for talking with you about a proposed change in behavior. You may often deal with patients who seem very resistant to the idea of change, and most clinicians find […]
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 […]
Powerful, Positive Change Techniques in Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing has many very simple and useful techniques designed to help clients move forward in the direction of positive change. One of these is called “Importance Scaling”. Here’s how it works. Clinician: Think about _____________change we have been discussing. Now let me ask you on a scale from 0 to 10, in which 0 […]
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