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Reflective listening is another effective communication technique, and is often considered the most important, because the counselor uses statements and not questions to make sure the client knows and feels that you understand them鈥�both how they are feeling and/or what they are saying. This technique also keeps the conversation going...

Affirmations are used when we acknowledge and recognize an individual鈥檚 strengths and effort; where the statements we say to a client matter to them and are genuine. Affirmations are not praise like 鈥済ood job鈥� but rather, they are very specific about how a client has perhaps persevered, or prioritized making...

For the next several months, we will 鈥済o back to the basics鈥� and explore the four core motivational interviewing skills:聽Open questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening, and Summaries (OARS). Again, we will collaborate with the client and utilize these foundational skills for mutual understanding. An open question is one that allows the...

Last week, we discussed the second Motivational Interviewing process, Focusing. Again, the process of Focusing is finding a direction and then working towards very specific achievable goals. This sounds simple, but obtaining focus can be difficult in practice. Here is one strategy and an associated tool to help in the...

Last month, we discussed the first process of motivational interviewing (MI), Engaging. This month, we will be focusing on Focusing, the second process of MI.聽 After a basic foundation of engagement has been established, Focusing聽is guided by the clinician in order to develop and maintain a specific direction in the...