Spirit
Engagement
Focusing
Evoking
Miscelaneous
100

An active participation between experts

What is "Partnership?"

100

A staff responding to a client's statement by saying the underlying feeling

What is a "Complex Reflection"? 

100

An activity designed to identify and strengthen a person's values

What are "Value Cards?"

100

Language where the client expresses their arguments for change.

What is "Change Talk?"

100
A normal part of human behavior where you want to change and don't want to change at the same time.
What is Ambivalence
200
To actively promote the other's welfare, to give priority to the other's needs.
What is "Compassion?"
200
Questions that invite the person to reflect and elaborate
What is "Open Questions?"
200

A way of diagramming a client's pros and cons regarding a change that helps them make a decision

What is "Decisional Balance"?

200

Language where the client expresses their arguments for the status quo.

What is sustain talk?

200

A clinicians tendency to correct a clients problem, to fix it.

What is the "fixing reflex?"

300

The knowledge that clients have within them their own experience, wisdom, strengths, and resources that the interviewer can call forth

What is "Empowerment"?

300

Taking the sum of a person's change talk, values, and strengths and offering it back as in a bouquet of flowers.

What is "Summary?"

300

Three letters used to describe a process of giving clients information.

What is "A-O-A?" Ask-Offer-Ask

300

Two traits that can be discussed on a 10- point ruler to evoke change talk

What is "Confidence" and "Importance?"

300
A helping style that is between "Directing" and "Following" incorporating aspects of each
What is "Guiding"
400

Respecting that all people have the right, ability, and need to choose their own life courses

What is "Autonomy" in the Spirit of MI

400
Comments by the clinician that honors the client as a person of worth, with the capability for growth and change as well as volitional choice about whether to do so.
What is "Affirmations?"
400

The third source of focus, in addition to the clients wishes and your clinical expertise.

What is "Setting?"

400

Two client beliefs that are essential to change.

What are Confidence & Hope?

400

When there is disharmony in our collaborative relationship.

What is "Discord"?

500

The four features of Acceptance.

What is Absolute Worth, Autonomy, Accurate Empathy and Affirmation?

500
The clinician reflects back both sides of a clients ambivalence
What is " a double sided reflection"
500

A paper with goals in different circles can be used for this task

What is "Choosing a Path?"

500

A client driven set of steps to achieve a change.

What is a "Change Plan"?

500

What the staff person does to reflect the difference between a person's values and behavior

What is Highlighting the Discrepancy