Importance Of Motivational Interviewing

Many individuals deal with problems and different situations on a daily basis. Most of the time these problems or situations tend to result in some type of behavior that the individual is trying to stray away from. In many cases, these individuals turn to someone for counseling. Within the counseling process, the interviewee tends to discuss the problem and behavior that they wish to change with the interviewer. The interviewer then establish different methods that will help facilitate a change in the interviewees’ behavior. This particular process is known as motivational interviewing. Motivational interviewing is considered goal-oriented and the motivate is to change or completely resolve a specific behavior.
Within the motivational interviewing process, four different techniques or skills can be used to successfully approach and change a behavior. The first techniques that can be used is called open questioning. Open questioning, allows others to tell you their story without giving and yes or no answer. An example of an open question could be, “help me understand you situation?” Open questions will not lead your interviewee in a specific …show more content…
The two types of roles are called the interviewer and interviewee. The interviewers’ role is to interview the interviewee using the motivational interviewing techniques. Also, their role is to come up with an action plan to help the interviewee change or solve their behavior. The interviewees’ role is to confide in the interview and tell them about their behavior in hope to get help. I personally had a chance to play in both of these roles. The role that I find to be the easiest for me is the interviewees’ role. I say that because I was more open to discuss my behavior and hope that the interviewer could help me solve it. The interviewer role seem to be harder for me because when I was supposed to be providing comforting words, I would have a loss of