Transcript Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing
Resolve ambivalence, move towards change
Key Aspects
 Empathy
 Nonjudgmental understanding of client’s perspective
 Develop discrepancy
 Exploring gaps between current behavior and the lives they
would like to lead
 Avoiding argument
 Counselor avoids arguing so as to not awaken resistance in
client
Key Aspects…
 Rolling with resistance
 Accepting the reality of ambivalence and inviting the client to
enter into the process of problem solving
 Self efficacy
 Encouraging the client’s sense of the possibility of change