What is your understanding of the purpose of Motivational Interviewing?
Motivational interviewing is defined as - “A person-centered counseling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.” (Motivational interviewing (MI) PowerPoint, Pg. 4). Motivational interviewing is a process that involves both the helper and the service user. In this process, the helper allows the service user to take the lead and express their thoughts, concerns, and goals. This method allows the helper to reflect and summarize the service users’ concerns with affirmation and praise in efforts to resolve the ambivalence about behavioral transformation.
2. What are the qualities of helpers/counselors that contribute to a therapeutic relationship …show more content…
They are able to anticipate the situations in which a relapse could occur and prepare coping strategies in advance. They remain aware that what they are striving for is personally worthwhile and meaningful. They are patient with themselves and recognize that it often takes a while to let go of old behavior patterns and practice new ones until they are second nature to them. Even though they may have thoughts of returning to their old bad habits, they resist the temptation and stay on track. As you progress through your own stages of change, it can be helpful to re-evaluate your progress in moving up and down through these stages.” (www.cpe.vt.edu, Pg. …show more content…
She stated that she doesn’t even know why she is there. I believe that would have been a challenge to me. The practitioner was able to build rapport with the service user and engage to involve the service user in discussing triggers. The practitioner used his own decisional balance template to discuss the pros and cons of quitting. This was a great tool because, it let the service user see what she accomplished in the past (9 months of quitting) and the risk of smoking if she doesn’t quit. My biggest challenge would be remembering that the client has to make the decision to change. Using unconditional positive regard and genuineness to build rapport with the service user to get them to agree to come back for another session is something I will have to work on. In the end, the practitioner was able to get the service user to agree to follow-up with another session in a week, begin to make plan and set goals on quitting, identify triggers, and gave the service user resources that can assist in her journey to quitting.
13. Write about your own places of transference specific to being in relationship to another person’s resistance, seeming unwillingness to change: (i.e. what arises in you, how you might regard the other person,
Motivational interviewing is defined as - “A person-centered counseling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.” (Motivational interviewing (MI) PowerPoint, Pg. 4). Motivational interviewing is a process that involves both the helper and the service user. In this process, the helper allows the service user to take the lead and express their thoughts, concerns, and goals. This method allows the helper to reflect and summarize the service users’ concerns with affirmation and praise in efforts to resolve the ambivalence about behavioral transformation.
2. What are the qualities of helpers/counselors that contribute to a therapeutic relationship …show more content…
They are able to anticipate the situations in which a relapse could occur and prepare coping strategies in advance. They remain aware that what they are striving for is personally worthwhile and meaningful. They are patient with themselves and recognize that it often takes a while to let go of old behavior patterns and practice new ones until they are second nature to them. Even though they may have thoughts of returning to their old bad habits, they resist the temptation and stay on track. As you progress through your own stages of change, it can be helpful to re-evaluate your progress in moving up and down through these stages.” (www.cpe.vt.edu, Pg. …show more content…
She stated that she doesn’t even know why she is there. I believe that would have been a challenge to me. The practitioner was able to build rapport with the service user and engage to involve the service user in discussing triggers. The practitioner used his own decisional balance template to discuss the pros and cons of quitting. This was a great tool because, it let the service user see what she accomplished in the past (9 months of quitting) and the risk of smoking if she doesn’t quit. My biggest challenge would be remembering that the client has to make the decision to change. Using unconditional positive regard and genuineness to build rapport with the service user to get them to agree to come back for another session is something I will have to work on. In the end, the practitioner was able to get the service user to agree to follow-up with another session in a week, begin to make plan and set goals on quitting, identify triggers, and gave the service user resources that can assist in her journey to quitting.
13. Write about your own places of transference specific to being in relationship to another person’s resistance, seeming unwillingness to change: (i.e. what arises in you, how you might regard the other person,