Techniques
A counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings
Motivational Interviewing!
Precontemplation
Making statements that are in favour of change
Change Talk
The therapist listens carefully to the client and conveys that they understand the patient’s feelings, beliefs, and experiences.
Expressing Empathy
A clinician working with a client to identify the core parts of the client’s story
Summarizing
When a client becomes slightly more open to change but still experiencing ambivalence
Contemplation
Making statements supporting the status quo
Sustain Talk
The therapist helps the client __________ between their present circumstances and their future goals
Develop Discrepancy
A technique to help a clinician find out more about the client’s perspective and ideas about change. This is also crucial in building and strengthening a collaborative relationship.
Open Ended Questions
A client begins to outline how they could reach their goal and it may happen within 30 days.
Preparation
It spells DARN when you combine the first letter of each word and is part of Change Talk.
Desire, Ability, Reason, Need
the therapist avoids becoming defensive or argumentative
they help the patient identify the problem and solution themself. The therapist doesn’t impose their viewpoint on the patient but helps the patient consider multiple viewpoints.
Roll with Resistance
recognizing and commenting on the client's strengths and abilities
Affirming
Changes in awareness, thought processes, emotions, and self-image occur as the client exhibits diligence and puts a lot of effort into the process.
Action
In the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) Model, ________is the return to old behaviors after a period of sustained change. It is not seen as a failure
Relapse
The therapist supports the clients' belief in themselves that they can change. The therapist may do this by calling attention to the patient’s skills, strengths, or past successes.
Supporting Self-Efficacy
When we repeat what the client has told us in our own words and in the form of a statement rather than a question, we encourage them to continue talking
The client has successfully made the change in behavior and accomplished their goals. Typically 6 months after, the client will work to sustain their change.
Maintenance
Who Invented MI?
Clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Core concepts evolved from experience in the treatment of problem drinkers, and MI was first described by Miller (1983) in an article published in the journal Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. Miller and Rollnick elaborated on these fundamental concepts and approaches in 1991 in a more detailed description of clinical procedures
Name all 4 components of MI
Expressing Empathy, Supporting Self-Efficacy, Rolling with Resistance, Develop Discrepancy's