When people are learning the basic skills of MI, they often ask “Doesn’t using reflections just sound like I’m repeating what they just said?” They feel it sounds awkward, and that the other person would just ask why they are repeating. The answer is that with increased skill, you learn how to make the reflective […]
Finding Satisfaction with Food is a Metaphor for How We Live
Recently I read an article in Oprah’s Magazine, by Ann Lamotte, titled “Feeling Full” . (You can read the article here.) Lamotte writes about the home she grew up in, where her parents were smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, but cold, unemotional and hated each other. Her mother made gourmet meals, but the family table was […]
Is the Health At Every Size, HAES® approach useful even for people at very high weights?
Is the Health At Every Size, HAES® approach useful even for people at very high weights? When someone is immobilized by their weight, it of course has a huge impact on their life. Lynn McAfee is famous for replying to this question, “Just because there is a greater need for weight loss doesn’t make it […]
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 […]
Teaching Motivational Interviewing to College Students
I feel strongly that a working knowledge of MI is important for them. I’m the only faculty member at Northeastern with skills in MI and the ability to teach them to others. Each of my courses includes at least a 90 minute “training” in MI. I put “training” in quotes because one short lecture is […]
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