by The Monarch System
One of the definitions or characterizations of Motivational Interviewing (MI) is that it involves arranging conversations so people talk themselves into change based on their own values and interests (Miller and Rollnick, Motivational Interviewing: Helping People...
by The Monarch System
In many of our blogs we have sought to underscore the importance of listening, really listening to our clients (See our empathy blog, for example). Sometimes, it is just seems so blatantly obvious to us exactly what the issue is with a client and we want so much to...
by The Monarch System
Many health professionals no longer speak or counsel about prevention when it comes to buttressing oneself against disease or unhealthy situations or factors. A flu shot does not prevent getting the flu. In some ways, the idea of ill-health prevention sets us up with...
by The Monarch System
“There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice,” British essayist Joseph Addison, early 18th Century. Client resistance is such a big concept and can seem an insurmountable barrier in Motivational Interviewing. We know that...
