Motivational Interviewing Flashcards
Define MI
A collaborative, person centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change
What are three concepts of MI?
- Conversation about change
- Collaborative, person centered
- Evocative
What is evocative?
Seeks to call forth the persons own motivation and commitment
What is motivation viewed as in MI?
- Not viewed as a personality trait or defence mechanism
- Originates from internal beliefs and values
- Considered a state of readiness to change that can alter and be influenced by other
What is the goal of MI?
help clients move through the stages of change, no matter where they are now
What are 5 assumptions of avoid in MI?
- The person ought to change
- The person wants to change
- This persons health is the prime motivation factor
- If he or she decides not to change, the consultation has failed
- Individuals are either motivated to change or they’re not
What is the spirit of MI? (PACE)
- Partnership of equals
- Acceptance (empathy, autonomy)
- Compassion (caring for them)
- Evocation (use of their wisdom)
What are the four processes of MI (EFEP)
- Engage: establish partnership
- Focus: Clarify their agenda
- Evoke: Elicit reasons for change
- Plan: Commit to a plan for action
Core skills for MI (OARS)
- Open-ended question
- Affirmations
- Reflective listening
- Summaries
How can change talk be evoked? (DARN-CAT)
- Desire
- Ability
- Reasons
- Need
- Commitment
- Action Taken
- Take Steps
What is partnership?
The counselor functions as a partner or companion, collaborating with the clients own expertise
What is acceptance?
The counselor brings an attitude of acceptance to the client/counselor relationship
What is compassion
The counsellor acts benevolently to promote the clients welfare, giving priority to the clients needs –> compassion is about seeking and valuing the well-being of others
What is evocation?
The counselor elicits the clients personal motivation for particular change –> done by interviewing the client and to to prompt the client to talk about behaviour change
What does eliciting thought and feelings about change (evoking) do?
Helps the counselor to accurately highlight what is important to the client and helps the client to hear his true belief
What are the 4 basic principles of MI (ESRD)
- Express empathy
- Support self-efficacy
- Roll with resistance
- Develop discrepancy
What is expressing empathy
What i feel as you, seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another
What is supporting self efficacy
- Clients must believe in their capacity for change
- help clients identify their past success
- ask client to make an inventory of their strengths and resources
What is rolling with resistance?
-Resistance is what happens when we expect or push for change when the client is not ready –> required that the counselor does NOT engage in power struggles, therefore by rolling with resistance will inhibit any “Struggle” to occur
What value of MI results in less resistance?
Having the client define the problem and develop their own solution leaves little for the client to “resist”
What are two types of resistance? What do they promote?
- Sustain talk
- Discord
- -> both types are promoting the status quo
What is sustain talk? Example?
- Client talking about themselves, their perception
- “My blood sugar isn’t a problem”
What is discord? Example?
- Clients talking about us or our interactions
- “You don’t understand”
What is one goal of MI?
To help clients get unstuck
What is developing discrepancy
- The client has to be the one to present argument towards change
- Motivation for change occurs when people perceive a mismatch between “where they are and where they want to be”
How does MI develop discrepancy?
helps clients examine discrepancies between their current circumstances
What is ambivalence?
- Individuals in the contemplation and preparation stages of change
- They are experiencing mixed feelings about starting something new
- A part of them want to change, and the other part doesn’t doesn’t
Why are people ambivalent?
- Alternatives are equally appealing
- Neither course of action is appealing
- Both alternatives have features that are both appealing/unappealing
- Conflicted feelings, fear of loss, not knowing what is right
What is ambivalence rooted in?
In a discrepancy between an individuals values and actions (i.e. a client might value health and fitness, but think there is insufficient time to be more PA)