Miller and ollnick Motivational Interviewing REAL Flashcards
Who are involved in the history of motivational interviewing?
Developed in the the 1980s by: William Miller, PhD (professor of psychology & psychiatry)
Steven Rollnick, PhD (Professor of General Medicine, clincial pyschologist)
What is motivational interviewing history and how did it begin
Began as a frame work for counseling clients with alcolhol problems
Adapted as a broader framework for changing behavior:
- Social Work
- Corrections
- Relationship Counseling
- General Medicine
What is it, MI?
A reaction to the more confrontational counseling methods (“Tough love”) of the 1970s and 1980s
A recognition that classic psychological concepts (e.g. avoidance of pain/punishment) don’t always work the way we predict
Definition of Motivational Interviewing.
Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence
What is motivation?
Readiness
Willing
Able
What is ready?
Client perceives change to be a relatively high priority
What is willing?
Client perceives discrepancy between status quo and desired goals
What is able?
Client perceives high self-efficacy (confidence to actualize one’s intentions)
This is where we talked about self efficacy
Self efficacy is the confidence to actualize one’s intentsion
What is involved in the general spirit of MI?
Collaboration
Evocation
Autonomy
What is collaboration?
counselor should not enact an authoritarian, one-up stance
What is evocation?
Counselor should work to draw wisdom out of the client, not impose it
What is autonomy?
Counselor should openly respect the client’s freedom to accept or reject ideas
What is “Change Talk”?
The client needs to voice the arguments for change (counselor works to bring this out): Disadvantages of the status quo Advantages of change optimism about change Intention to change
What is involved in the counseling practices?
- Express empathy
- Develop discrepancy
- Roll with resistance
- Support of self-efficacy