COUNSELING MODALITIES PRACTICE AND REFLECTION #1
Motivational Interviewing - Interview of Roxanne
Motivational interviewing is a counseling approach developed by William R. Miller, and Professor Stephen Rollnick in the early 1980s. The clinical and applicable aspects of Motivational Interviewing (MI) have received increased attention in recent years, and MI has been shown effective as a relatively brief intervention (Levensky, Kersch, Cavasos, & Brooks, 2008). According to Miller and Roderick, MI, “Has been defined as a directive, client centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. In addition, it is a goal-orientated approach that can help break down resistance to change …show more content…
MI seem to be a successful method for this clients as she provided information in a quick question of what she work life to work on or address. She empathically stated she would like to be better at completing the projects she had started. Her motivational interviewing included: assessing her view of the issue and seeing if she understand her issue or condition, finding out if she wishes to pursue a treatment plan and, if so, having her attend future sessions even though this was only in a mock situation, and lastly, helping her see that there are possibilities for her to change with positive encouragement and empathic statements. MI also assisted her in exploring her motivations for changing. Although, the session itself was only thirty minutes in duration it was easy to see how MI can be helpful for a client that is going through different stages of treatment, however, it proves most helpful in early treatment sessions. Additionally, it is easy to see how clients have difficulties realizing the depth of their problems and might be resistant to change and provides a way to overcome the resistance in the session with a empathic and support approach. In
Motivational Interviewing - Interview of Roxanne
Motivational interviewing is a counseling approach developed by William R. Miller, and Professor Stephen Rollnick in the early 1980s. The clinical and applicable aspects of Motivational Interviewing (MI) have received increased attention in recent years, and MI has been shown effective as a relatively brief intervention (Levensky, Kersch, Cavasos, & Brooks, 2008). According to Miller and Roderick, MI, “Has been defined as a directive, client centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. In addition, it is a goal-orientated approach that can help break down resistance to change …show more content…
MI seem to be a successful method for this clients as she provided information in a quick question of what she work life to work on or address. She empathically stated she would like to be better at completing the projects she had started. Her motivational interviewing included: assessing her view of the issue and seeing if she understand her issue or condition, finding out if she wishes to pursue a treatment plan and, if so, having her attend future sessions even though this was only in a mock situation, and lastly, helping her see that there are possibilities for her to change with positive encouragement and empathic statements. MI also assisted her in exploring her motivations for changing. Although, the session itself was only thirty minutes in duration it was easy to see how MI can be helpful for a client that is going through different stages of treatment, however, it proves most helpful in early treatment sessions. Additionally, it is easy to see how clients have difficulties realizing the depth of their problems and might be resistant to change and provides a way to overcome the resistance in the session with a empathic and support approach. In