MI Principles and Logistics
Counselor is showing an understanding of a client's thoughts and emotions.
What is expressing Empathy?
MI must be done in an atmosphere of... (two words)
What is Acceptance and Compassion?
Give three sentence starters for Change Talk.
What is "I can" "I need" "I wish" "I will" "I am"?
This means we are trying to "Fix" the client.
What is Righting Reflex or Fixing Reflex?
A type of question that opens the door, encourages clients to talk, encourages elaboration and discussion, and leaves broad latitude for how to respond.
What are Open-Ended Questions?
Supporting a client's belief that he can change. Supporting the "Can do" attitude.
What is supporting Self-Efficacy?
Name the 4 tasks (processes) in MI
What are Engage, Focus, Evoke, Plan?
A client is minimizing his behavior. He is not taking responsibility for his actions and justifying it with everything he can come up with.
What is Rationalization?
Convert this question to a reflection
Do you care about finishing your probation?
Pointing out the gap between current behavior and future goals.
What is Developing Discrepancy?
Having MI Spirit means to (blank).
What is supporting autonomy?
It spells CAT when you combine the first letters of each word and is part of Change Talk.
What is Commitment, Activation, Taking Steps?
Share a reflection statement response you could give to a client who says, "Why do I have to fill out all these forms?"
What is, "You're feeling frustrated," or "You're wondering when we will get to your real concerns."
Name 3 of the 4 elements of the MI Spirit
What are partnership, acceptance, collaboration, and empowerment (evocation)?
What is the first American product to have a "bar code" placed on it?
What is Wrigley's Gum?
This is when we play the expert, blame, label, moralize, judge, command, threaten, send solutions.
What are the 12 Roadblocks to Listening / Traps of communication
This "trap" can remove power from the client and works against partnership.
What is the Expert Trap/Expert Stance?
What is Dreamt?
List two ways to roll with resistance.
What is Reflect back, Avoid arguing for change, avoid meeting resistance with resistance, shift direction of momentum?