Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast

Ep 89 – Doing and Being MI

Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast

Show Notes

Glenn and Sebastian bring you a different sort of episode. Recorded over three parts, plus a brief intro, they discuss a clinical scenario that Sebastian was involved with through the lens of Doing and Being MI. They consider the four elements of the MI spirit and discuss the technical element of evoking change talk.

Doing and being Motivational Interviewing

Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan explore the relationship between doing MI and being MI through a clinical scenario. Across three parts, they consider how technical skill and relational practice work together, rather than treating Motivational Interviewing as a collection of communication techniques.

The discussion examines the four elements of MI spirit and the technical task of evoking change talk. Related Knowledge Centre topics include the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, Change Talk and Reflective Listening.

In this episode

0:00 – Episode intro

2:07 – Part I begins

6:15 – Overview of the group

18:15 – How do we know if we are being helpful?

34:28 – Part II begins

47:00 – How does change talk fit?

1:03:30 – Part III begins

1:20:06 – End of episode

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