Motivational Interviewing – It’s not about persuasion!
Contributed by Barb Bowler – Veriti Director At Veriti Motivational Interviewing workshops we ask participants to choose something in their own life that they are currently working on changing, or...
View ArticleMotivational Interviewing and the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change...
The concepts of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change (TTM) are often linked and connected in the literature (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). However, the idea...
View ArticleHow Does Motivational Interviewing Work?
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a well-known, accepted approach to helping people struggling with behaviour change. It has been proven effective in randomised control trials across a number of health...
View ArticleMotivational Interviewing with a client struggling with alcohol use
Motivational Interviewing (MI) – two styles of communication with a client struggling with alcohol use Rick has been convicted of drink driving and has lost his licence for four months. Because Rick’s...
View ArticleShould Motivational Interviewing be a Foundational Skill for all Health...
Using Motivational Interviewing (MI) enables clinicians to support and initiate behaviour change in the management and treatment of clients with chronic disease. Randomised control studies have...
View ArticleMotivational Interviewing in the Management of Chronic Disease
More than 50% of GP consultations now address some form of chronic illness or disease. Lifestyle choices mean 54% of the adult population is overweight. In terms of future expectations, 10% of...
View ArticleThe Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Collaboration, compassion, evocation and acceptance underpin the spirit of Motivational Interviewing (Miller & Rollnick 2013). This spirit can best be seen in action, when the client themself,...
View ArticleUsing Curious Questions in Motivational Interviewing
How often, in an attempt to ask an open ended question, have you received a closed response? Typically, asking someone “how was your day?” to hear a response of “good”. Asking instead a curious...
View ArticleUsing OARS in Motivational Interviewing
The four core motivational interviewing skills or OARS are Open questioning, Affirming, Reflecting and Summarising (Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. 2013). Most clinicians and helpers have these...
View ArticleMotivational Interviewing – What it is and What it is not
Motivational Interviewing is a strategy that originated in the field of addiction. It was originally articulated and developed by Dr William Miller (1983) when psychology students he was supervising...
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