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MI and Self-Help
Glenn and Sebastian were joined by Michelle Drapkin, PhD, to discuss Motivational Interviewing and self-help. Dr. Drapkin has been working in the area of behavior change for over 20 years. She is the Owner/Director of the CBT Center and previously held roles in industry (Johnson and Johnson), academia (University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers) and federal government (Department of Veteran Affairs). She has dedicated her professional career to using psychological research to help people. She is a board-certified Clinical Psychologist and sees patients in her private practice, consults with healthcare tech start-ups, and delivers trainings and workshops on communication/motivation and health and wellbeing at work and in life. She is the sole author of The Motivational Interviewing Path to Personal Change: The Essential Workbook for Creating the Life You Want from New Harbinger Publications.
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Motivational Interviewing for self-help and personal change
Michelle Drapkin explores whether the principles of Motivational Interviewing can be applied to ourselves. Drawing on her work in behaviour change and her book on personal change, she discusses motivation, self-compassion, the inner critic and developing a more helpful way of relating to ourselves.
The episode includes practical exercises and considers what it means to bring the MI way of being into personal reflection. These themes connect with the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, Compassion and Empowerment.
In this episode
0:00 – Opening and episode preview
4:42 – Michelle’s introduction and early MI story
10:55 – Enhancing motivation through behavioral principles
19:08 – “How does one do MI with oneself?”
24:20 – Self-compassion: Having a more effective relationship with our inner critic
30:20 – “A way of being with ourselves”
42:30 – Using Michelle’s self-help book
45:45 – Trying the “best self” exercise
1:08:25 – Michelle supporting her daughter
1:11:44 – End of episode
Links and Contact Information:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelledrapkin/
Website: https://cbtcenterofcentralnj.com/
Link to Michelle’s book: https://cbtcenterofcentralnj.com/the-motivational-interviewing-path-to-personal-change/
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