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Explore ways to develop MI through practice, observation, feedback and a personal learning plan.
YOUR WORK. YOUR PRACTICE.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) in everyday conversations
Make room for what matters to someone, whether you are offering support, talking through a choice or finding a way forward together.
Start with the conversation in front of you.
Someone may want an answer, a chance to be heard or help thinking through a change. Practice finding out what would be useful and responding in a way that fits your relationship.
When change is the focus, explore the person's own reasons and ideas. When the task is something else, practice listening, sharing information and checking understanding in ways that keep their perspective in the conversation.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, goal-oriented way of talking that helps people explore and strengthen their own motivation for change. Careful listening, shared focus and respect for choice guide the conversation. These skills also help when the immediate task is to understand a concern, explain information or agree what happens next.
BECOMING WITHIN YOUR WORK
The person you are becoming, in everyday relationships.
Your values and experience shape how you listen, offer help and respond to disagreement. Intentional practice gives you a moment to notice that influence and choose a response that fits the relationship.
A question to carry into practice
What kind of presence do I want to bring, and what would that look like in my next response?
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CONVERSATIONS YOU CAN PRACTICE
Bring the realities of your work.
Understand what someone means
Check a first impression against the person's words and leave room for correction.
Explore a choice together
Help someone consider what matters to them and what they might want to do.
Offer something useful
Find out what information or experience would help, share it and invite their response.
Return to a difficult moment
Consider your part in an exchange and practice a response that could reopen understanding.
The daily conversation rotates within your field. Additional conversation choices depend on your account's access.
FROM PRACTICE TO YOUR NEXT CONVERSATION
A few minutes today. Something to try tomorrow.
Have a short back-and-forth with a fictional partner. Get specific feedback on your responses, choose something to try next, and return to your saved conversations as you develop.
Notice when your first interpretation changes after you hear more. Choose one question or reflection to try in your next conversation.
Build my practice home →WHY BECOMING MI
Becoming is personal and professional.
Becoming MI connects daily practice with the person and professional you want to become. Try a response, consider feedback, and carry something useful into your next conversation.
Your whole well-being belongs here.
Your values, responsibilities and well-being meet in your work. We make room for that whole experience, including the resources and support you need.
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