Motivational interviewing

Question 1

what is motivational interviewing?

Answer 1

• working with individuals to assist or strengthen their motivation or confidence to change.
• client0centered conversation
• MI is learnable, measurable, effective
• helps reduce resistance.

Question 2

when would using MI be helpful?

Answer 2

• someone with low motivation
• trying to make a change but is having trouble with it.

Question 3

what is ambivalence?

Answer 3

• this is having a positive and negative feeling towards a behaviour.
• normally someone who contradicts that they want to change. “ I know I need to fix this, BUT I can’t.”

Question 4

what are the 5 reflection tactics?

Answer 4

• content reflection
• reflection on feeling/meanining
• amplified negative reflection
• double-sided selection
• action reflection

Question 5

define what _____are
1. content reflection
2. reflection on feeling/meanining
3. amplified negative reflection
4 double-sided selection
5. action reflection

Answer 5

1. paraphrasing what the client has said to you.
2. demonstrates empathy, and is a great way to build rapport and encourage the client.
3. exaggerating the clients perspective can help exhaust negativity.
   (BULLSHIT(
4. acknowledge that you hear both pros and cons for the clients reason to change in paraphrasing.
5. proposing possible solutions to the clients challenges

Question 6

what is change talk?

Answer 6

• this is where someone keeps referring that they want to change. the more they talk about changing the more likely they are to change.

Question 7

how does the readiness ruler work?

Answer 7

• this is a commitment question that you can ask someone that uses a scale of 0-10 as to how ready are they to make the change.

Question 8

define
1. empathy
2. sympathetic
3. discrepancy
4. rolling with resistance

Answer 8

1. this is connecting with how someone else is feeling and sharing an experience that they can relate with.
2. this is still showing that you care about a struggle someone is having, but less caring. responses like oh that sucks.
3. awareness of current behaviour compared to broader goals.
4. avoid opposing a client, aim to create change talk from instead from the client.