OARS
Fill in the blank: "Motivational Interviewing is a _______ conversation style for strengthening a person's own motivation and commitment to change"
What is collaborative?
Reflective listening is a way Motivational interviewers can display understanding, also known as this fundamental interviewing concept
What is empathy?
Close-ended questions are challenging in an interview because an interviewee can respond with these limited responses
What is Yes/No?
Motivational interviewers avoid directing when they can, and instead use this change discussion style
What is guiding?
This reflection technique involves taking in the client's words and rephrasing the information back to them
What is paraphrasing?
These are open-ended question stems.
What is what, how, when, who, why...?
"What brings you in today?" is an example of what OARS skill
What is an open-ended question?
This MI trap is when an interviewer spends too much time in small talk with a client, instead of focusing on a direction
What is the chat trap?
A client says, "It just sucks...a terrible situation". You reflect with:
What is...?
In class a I used the example that a reflection is like preparing and tasting individual ingredients and summaries are like preparing and tasting this dish
What is a stew/soup?
"It sounds like you are really nervous" is an example of this.
What is a reflection?
Using affirmations instead of giving advice is a way of supporting a client's______.
What is Autonomy?
A client says that they are really upset by a recent breakup, you reflect feeling by saying
What is...?
Although why is an open-ended stem, Motivational interviewers use this stem as little as possible to avoid this reaction from the client, more common in a courtroom
What is being judged/accused?
This technique collects, links and transitions.
What is a Summary?
A Motivational Interviewer develops a partnership with their interviewee by developing this stance
What is a non-expert stance?
These are two levels of Reflections.
What are complex and simple reflections?
This summary type is used to gather important interviewee information, such as change talk
What is collecting?