Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing is a goal-oriented therapeutic practice that focuses on a non-judgmental, non-confrontational client-centered approach. Focused on strengthening a client’s motivation to make positive changes, motivational interviewing encourages self-exploration and emphasizes autonomy. Motivational Interviewing generally takes the form of a collaborative, supportive conversation between the client and the therapist, concentrated on empowerment and the exploration and resolution of ambivalence that impedes change. A therapist who practices motivational interviewing can help you to identify and overcome inconsistencies between your behavior and your goals, and guide you through the steps needed to get you where you want to be.
Local Experts in Motivational Interviewing
I have received specific training in this approach through all day seminars and through graduate school.
Motivational interviewing is a powerful technique that helps people clarify what they want and how to make changes in their lives.
The basic premise of motivational interviewing is that there are no \'unmotivated\' people--just motivation that is maladaptive or unappreciated by others. Rather than arguing with resistance, the goal of MI is to harness existing motivation into positive, healthy changes.
Part of my addictions training was numerous trainings involving MI. Motivational Interviewing helps to address ambivalence in a person\'s quest to reduce substance use. There is a part of you that knows you need to cut down usage...yet you also need that substance as a security blanket or a coping strategy. Motivational interviewing helps us to address this.
As an addictions counselor, I was trained and continually utilized motivational interviewing to promote behavioral change in addiction and co-occurring disorders.
Wonderful way engage youth, adults, and families using a collaborative approach to help find the ambivalence to a behavior that one wants to change. I embrace the ideas of self-efficacy and optimism and practice MI regularly.
I have engaged in numerous trainings in Motivational Interviewing. I have successfully used this approached with many clients to help them identify and reach their goals.
I studied MI in graduate school, received additional post-graduate training, and have used it with countless clients to help elicit their reasons for change. I love the heart of MI, which holds that change comes from within the individual and that each person has the right to make their own decision. Ambivalence is normal, expected and not judged.
Change is tough. And it only happens when the person changing is ready. REALLY ready. MI uses a stage theory to help us identify where you\'re at in the change process. This allows us to identify barriers to change and find ways to move forward that don\'t get too far out of your comfort zone too quickly. It\'s a smart way to move forward, get un-stuck, and discover your motivation.
Motivational interviewing is a great technique for helping with individuals and families who are struggling to make a change in their lives for the better. Finding where you are in the Stages of Change can help you identify where you want to be and how to get to a place where you can make long lasting and impactful beneficial changes in your life.
I have received two trainings in Motivational Interviewing (Introductory and Advanced) offered by my current employer, Lifeworks NW.
I am trained in Motivational Interviewing.
I hold a CADC-I license as a substance abuse counselor in Oregon.
During Ruth's training at Columbia University, she worked with primary developers of Motivational Interviewing and considers this approach to be absolutely fundamental in guiding the client to enter therapy readily and eventually work toward client-let goals. Ruth has successfully used MI in her clinical practice with children and families for five years.
Motivational Interviewing is an Evidence Based Practice that helps people resolve ambivalence around certain situations. Ambivalence is a common yet uncomfortable experience that my manifest as you finishing your sentences with \'but I don\'t know\' or \'but I\'m not sure.\' Resolving ambivalence sounds like \'so that\'s what I\'m going to do\' or \'I\'ve decided to...\' What a relief!
I have been trained in MI techniques.
This is a fancy word for how I help people to CHANGE! Change is difficult and is a multi-step process!
MI offers excellent way to understand recovery from addiction
Often folks will come into counseling not really having a clear idea of their goals, but they know they want to feel better. Motivational interviewing is an effective way for me (and you!) to learn more about you and your goals for therapy and for your future.
Motivation is always changing in that some days we might feel very motivated to change and others we feel little motivation. Through use of motivational interviewing, I am able to work with you where you are at and help you find what it is that motivates you to want to make change in your life.