Week 5 Flashcards
What is motivational interviewing?
An effective way of talking with people about change
What are some difficult decisions that we face later in life?
- Medical decisions
- Retirement
- Living alone
- Accepting help
What is lack of change/when change is hard, it is NOT as a result of…?
- Lack of information
- Laziness
- Oppositional personality
- Denial
- Resistance
When change is hard, it is often because of ____
Ambivalence
What is ambivalence?
Wanting and not wanting the change or wanting incompatible things at the same time
What does ambivalence lead to, because it is uncomfortable?
Anxiety, which then leads to procrastination
Procrastination is often mistaken for ___
Resistance
How does motivational interviewing help with ambivalence?
- Can help resolve ambivalence and help elicit a person’s own motivation to change
What are the underlying concepts of motivational interviewing?
- Partnership
- Acceptance
- Compassion
- Evocation
What does the partnership component of motivational interviewing include?
Work collaboratively and avoid the expert role
What does the acceptance component of motivational interviewing include?
Respecting the client’s autonomy, potential, strengths, and perspective
What does the compassion component of motivational interviewing include?
Keep the client’s best interest in mind
What does the evocation component of motivational interviewing include?
The best ideas come from the client
What are the skills necessary to master for motivational interviewing?
- Open questions
- Affirmations
- Reflections
- Summaries
What are affirmations?
Statements about anything positive noticed
What do we use affirmations in motivational interviewing for?
To build a sense of self confidence or self efficacy
What is reflective listening?
Understanding what the client is thinking and feeling then saying it back to the client. (most important)