Motivational Interviewing Learning Hub

06/04/2024

As helping professionals, we work to empower those we serve to achieve their highest potential. Sometimes, our desire to help can unintentionally lead us to advocate for change too strongly.

💬 In helping people change, it's crucial to remember that: people don't resist change itself; they resist being forced to change. This nuanced yet significant distinction is at the heart of motivational interviewing.

🌱By valuing individuals' autonomy and supporting them in discovering their personal motivations for change, we lay the groundwork for profound and lasting transformation.

✨ Our job is to cultivate environments rich in respect, empathy, and collaboration, where true growth is initiated from within.

05/04/2024

“When MI is done successfully, an initially ambivalent client advances in motivational readiness, develops a change plan, and commits to it.”

- William Miller & Theresa Moyers, 2006

02/04/2024

The more you try to force change, the more you meet resistance. It is in the gentle dance of conversation that change takes its first step. - Stephen Rollnick

14/03/2024

Insightful testimony.

13/03/2024

📌Sharing this MI Preparation Prayer by Bill Miller, co-founder of MI (1995).

Whatever your religious orientation is, this can serve as a helpful reminder to walk and be with our clients in the MI way. 👣

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Guide me to be a patient companion
To listen with a heart as open as the sky
Grant me vision to see through her eyes
And eager ears to hear her story
Create a safe and open mesa on which we may walk together Make me a clear pool in which she may reflect
Guide me to find in her your beauty and wisdom
Knowing your desire for her to be in harmony-healthy, loving, strong
Let me honor and respect her choosing of her own path And bless her to walk it freely
May I know once again that although she and I are different
Yet there is a peaceful place where we are on✨

10/03/2024

Acceptance is one of the Spirits of Motivational Interviewing (MI). In her bestseller, Return to Love, Marianne Williamson offers a beautiful illustration of the profound impact of acceptance on personal growth and transformation.

08/03/2024

On International Women's Day, we celebrate the incredible diversity of women's roles and contributions in shaping our world. From those who chose to excel visibly in their chosen fields to the unsung heroes who work tirelessly behind the scenes, or devoting themselves to full time caregiving, every woman's journey is uniquely impactful and deserving of recognition.

Together, we acknowledge the inherent value and strength in all women, regardless of the paths they choose. Happy International Women's Day to every woman making a difference, big or small, in her own way! 💐💪

01/03/2024

The MI Spirit is an intersecting dynamic of heart set and skill sets.It serves as a lens through which we see or talk to people. It is the fuel and foundation that sets the pace and shapes the outcomes for your conversations.

21/02/2024

What we perceive as resistance can arise from a lack of clarity and a disconnection.

There are several other reasons why clients may “appear resistant," and to overcome this challenge, the initial step is to understand how to establish a solid partnership and alignment.

Join us this Saturday, Feb 24, 9-10:30 am for a free training on Overcoming Client Resistance through MI

Grab your FREE spot here:
https://www.ivyllena.com/overcome-client_resistance-with-mi

21/02/2024

Free training for helping professionals.

📌 Are you working with clients who are resistant or have low motivation to change? 💡 Learn strategies to improve behavior change outcomes for your most challenging clients:

📆 Check the date and details:
https://www.ivyllena.com/overcome-client_resistance-with-mi

20/02/2024

Happy World Day of Social Justice!

As advocates for change, let's rally together as Motivational Interviewing practitioners, recognizing the vital role of partnership, acceptance, empathy, and compassion in our approach. By placing clients’ own motivations, values, goals, perspectives and lived experiences at the center of our work, we hold the power to make a lasting impact on their lives.

13/02/2024

In the business setting, empathy is often misunderstood as a sign of weakness, emotionality, or tolerance for negative behaviors.

This misunderstanding leads many strong leaders to hesitate in incorporating it into their leadership style.

Some believe empathy is an abstract concept that cannot be translated into concrete, measurable behaviors applicable to practical management and leadership functions.

In this webinar, we will challenge and debunk these misconceptions, revealing the true strength of empathy in leadership.

We will also:

📌 Share further research findings that highlight the true power of empathy in leadership.

📌 Explore methods to operationalize and integrate empathy into your management and leadership frameworks, as well as company systems and processes.

📌 Highlight four key areas of empathy.

📌 Give a peek into the 10 behaviors of empathy that leaders can learn, cultivate, and measure.

📌 Introduce Motivational Interviewing as a tool to operationalize empathy, foster engagement, and master difficult conversations.

Discover how empathy is not just an abstract concept, but a crucial leadership asset.

Register for your free seat today!
Date: See in the comment section.

https://www.ivyllena.com/Operationalizing&MeasuringEmpathy

08/02/2024

Healing happens in relationships.

Do you agree?

01/02/2024

📌 BLOG | Motivational Interviewing as a Trauma-Informed Approach

January was Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Survivors experience one of the worst cases of trauma.

Even if you're not directly working with trafficking survivors, it's crucial to recognize that your clients, patients, or students might have experienced traumatic events. According to the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress,

“approximately 70% of the world's population has been exposed to a traumatic life event," underscoring the prevalence of hidden trauma."

In this blog, I share some of my experiences and insights into using Motivational Interviewing (MI) as a trauma-informed approach while serving survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence.

January, marked as Human Trafficking Prevention Month, brings attention to a global issue affecting millions. Even if you're not directly working with trafficking survivors, it's crucial to recognize that your clients, patients, or students might have experienced traumatic events. According to the G...

31/01/2024

Empathy is the most powerful human quality. Research has found that helping professionals with high empathy skills have the best results when helping clients.

(Miller & Moyer, 2012)

27/01/2024

Have you experienced this?

In our upcoming webinar, we will share how MI can put an end to the tug of war and motivate clients to embrace change.

February 10, 2024
9:00-10:30 AM, Saturday

Attend for free: https://www.ivyllena.com/pl/2148194468

Working with resistant clients can be very challenging. It can make you question if you're doing the right thing and doubt your abilities. It can lead to feelings of inadequacy, failure, or stress. And because you carry the burden of responsibility of changing your client, you push for change harder...

26/01/2024

As a helping professional, dealing with resistant clients can be challenging, stressful, and frustrating.

📌 It is also important to note that resistance often signals that crucial elements promoting positive behavior change may be missing in your approach.

💡Join our upcoming webinar. Learn essential strategies that will motivate your clients to embrace positive change. Don't miss out on becoming a more effective helping professional and change agent!

Learn more: https://www.ivyllena.com/pl/2148194468

Working with resistant clients can be very challenging. It can make you question if you're doing the right thing and doubt your abilities. It can lead to feelings of inadequacy, failure, or stress. And because you carry the burden of responsibility of changing your client, you push for change harder...

26/01/2024

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is not psychotherapy, but it can be effectively integrated with other evidence-based approaches and interventions.

If you're not using MI as a primary approach, think of it as a valuable tool to prepare clients for treatment or interventions, optimizing the overall therapeutic process—similar to a painter applying primer before paint to ensure proper adherence to the surface being painted.

26/01/2024

📌 Are you working with clients who are resistant or have low motivation to change? 💡 Learn strategies to improve behavior change outcomes for your most challenging clients:

📆 Check the date and details:
https://www.ivyllena.com/overcome-client_resistance-with-mi

14/01/2024

Uncover strategies to turn resistance into collaboration, enhance your effectiveness, and guide clients toward positive transformations!

Do you find yourself grappling with frustration when your clients resist and do not recognize the need to change? Do you feel overwhelmed by the weight of facilitating change in your clients? Have you ever doubted whether your interventions are helping? Uncover strategies to turn resistance into col...

10/01/2024

The MI spirit can serve as an inner compass.

09/01/2024

A helpful reminder as we work with the people we serve.

08/01/2024

📌MI TIP

When you encounter resistance, pause and employ the 'roll with resistance' technique. Avoid arguing or attempting to force change. The analogy often used for this approach is to dance with the client rather than wrestle.

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08/01/2024

Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and author of the book, Think Again, speaks about part of the beauty of MI.

07/01/2024

MI is an approach that promotes the client's own ability to affect change.

05/01/2024

In our capacity as helping professionals, we stand alongside our clients, exploring the profound depths of their potential. We humbly acknowledge that expertise isn’t solely ours; instead, we embrace the role of compassionate guides, skillfully navigating their journey, and evoking the boundless possibilities within them.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year!

27/12/2023

Motivation drives behavior change.

25/12/2023

The essence of Christmas.