Category: Evoking

We continue our series on the 4 processes of Motivational Interviewing… Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, and Planning. This month, we will focus on the third process, Evoking. We have talked about creating a therapeutic relationship (Engaging) and establishing a clear focus for the session (Focusing) and now we move to Evoking,...

For anyone wanting to make a behavior change in their life, it is likely that they will need to resolve ambivalence around the advantages and disadvantages of making a change. This is a normal process that almost everyone goes through in order to make a change and for the change...

One of the best outcomes in our work is when a client talks themselves into the change they want to see in their lives. It is often the case that when someone hears themselves speak about change, and when they are in the presence of another, that they are more...