Category: MI Components and Questions

Equipoise has been around for a long time. It has most commonly been practiced in the field of medicine where the clinician allows the client to make their own decision. The decision could be related to a particular treatment for cancer or a medication to take for high blood pressure....

We have been discussing the situation where the clinician is counseling with neutrality and not guiding the client in any one direction. The clinician is allowing the client to make their own decision even though this approach may bring up a great deal of tension for both clinician and client....

In early counseling therapies and treatment, there were many approaches where the clinician attempted to convince the client to make healthier choices in their lives. If the clinician were able to ask appropriate questions, provide important information, encourage certain emotions, and persuade the client to see things in a certain...