by Barb | Dec 15, 2017 | In Focus Articles
I* recently came across an interesting article in the Guardian (Australian edition) about the impact of the words we use, particularly when we are trying to negotiate and influence others. This can happen in many situations, from tense life threatening hostage...
by Barb | Oct 1, 2017 | In Focus Articles
Using Motivational Interviewing (MI) enables clinicians to support and initiate behaviour change in the management and treatment of clients with chronic disease. Randomised control studies have demonstrated its particular usefulness in working with people struggling...
by Barb | Aug 30, 2017 | In Focus Articles
Motivational Interviewing (MI) – two styles of communication with a client struggling with alcohol use Rick has been convicted of drink driving and has lost his licence for four months. Because Rick’s job involves driving to see clients his employer has...
by Barb | Jun 4, 2017 | In Focus Articles
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a well-known, accepted approach to helping people struggling with behaviour change. It has been proven effective in randomised control trials across a number of health care settings (Lundahl 2010). It is only recently, however, that...
by Barb | Apr 29, 2017 | In Focus Articles
The concepts of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change (TTM) are often linked and connected in the literature (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). However, the idea that MI is based on the TTM is not correct (Miller & Rollnick,...
by Barb | Mar 20, 2017 | In Focus Articles
Ambivalence and Motivational Interviewing During general introductions at Motivational Interviewing Training workshops it is not uncommon to hear participants at the start of the day say they want to learn “how to motivate” others. Generally, these “others” are...
