Motivational Interviewing

Sometimes we want to make changes, but, there's something holding us back. It's easy to sit on the fence and talk ourselves out of meaningful action. Motivational Interviewing can help us clarify our goals and get unstuck.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen an individual’s motivation for and movement toward a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own arguments for change. Motivational Interviewing allows for collaborative conversation to strengthen a person’s own motivation for and commitment to change.

I've utilized MI in all addiction treatment centers and find it an incredibly effective method to help my clients focus on what they can change in their lives. I've taken multiple trainings on this modality.

Motivational interviewing (MI) helps to build a collaborative conversation that strengthens a person’s own motivation and commitment to change. The overall therapeutic style of MI is guiding you to change goals you are wanting to achieve within your life. It is a normal human experience to be ambivalent about change and shows you are one step closer to your goal. Using Motivational Interviewing therapeutically will help you explore your own reasons for changing in a safe environment.

Motivational Interviewing will be a key approach in our work together. We all have struggles with feeling motivated sometimes. With this method, I will help you uncover your own internal motivations, values, and perspectives so that you can positively work toward your goals.

Motivational interviewing is a powerful tool to help you make decisions, identify goals, and make lasting changes in your life. This technique empowers you to understand and then take steps towards what you want.

As an addiction professional for over 10 years, MI is a foundational method of helping a client move toward change.

I use motivational interviewing, typically with individuals who struggle with substance abuse/addiction issues.

My first foray into addiction counseling included training in Motivational Interviewing. Since that time, I have utilized that model to work with clients and found it to be exceedingly helpful with all types of clients. I have regularly engaged in workshops and training focused on Motivational Interviewing because of the success I have found in utilizing this approach.

We are enthusiastic practitioners of this proven effective approach to change. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered approach that meets people where they're at to increase their intrinsic motivation to change. Using this approach over the last decade has shown us how to tap into the potential each client has for change.

I help you see the your current situation and what you want for the future without fear of judgement. My job is not to change your mind but help you see what you want and how to get there.

Motivational Interviewing is what you will most likely see us using in our daily sessions. It is a great modality in which I will motivate you toward decision, actions, thought processes through questions. It is very useful and can encourage continued growth outside of our sessions.

This therapeutic style focuses on exploring ambivalence with goals and personal values. We'll work on taking ownership of decisions, such as health behaviors or lifestyle adjustments, while respecting autonomy and life experiences. This is a collaborative, non judgmental approach that addresses self-efficacy and supports meaningful, sustainable change.

Wrestling with a big decision? Feeling pulled in opposite directions as one part wants to make a change while the other doesn't? Thinking of leaving your job, changing careers, or starting a company? Contemplating whether to smoke less weed or cigarettes? Through Motivational Interviewing, we'll work through ambivalence so you're no longer stuck or conflicted. We'll explore your reasons for change, problem solve barriers, and set you up for success.

Identifying our motivations can help us succeed in finding our own success and contentment.

I enjoy this technique because it helps my clients find their inner strengths and focus on ways to keep moving forward in life toward their newfound goals we discover within session together.

Motivational interviewing was developed for substance abuse groups, where people are often seen as "resistant to treatment." I've worked with plenty of people who weren't sure about counseling, but if you listened to them, they were sure that they wanted something particular out of life. Motivational Interviewing involves a focus on letting clients explore why they want to do things, not convincing them of what they should do. Intrinsic motivation (freedom) is the means and the goal.

I have received extensive training and certification, as well as continued education credits in motivational interviewing.