Category: MI Questions: Evoking Change Talk

When a practitioner works with a client, the practitioner can significantly influence how much change talk (movement towards changing behavior) and sustain talk (movement towards maintaining current behavior) they will hear. And the difference is not when the practitioner is just being nice to the client, but rather, from strategic...

When we ask the client what matters most to them, it can be a good way to continue building rapport. This conversation can explore what the client really cares about and how these goals and values may guide their lives. And we also know that goals and values are aspirations,...

When we ask the client what matters most to them, it can be a good way to continue building rapport. This conversation can explore what the client really cares about and how these goals and values may guide their lives. And we also know that goals and values are aspirations,...

We know that adopting new behaviors, or changing old ones, can result from motivation (importance) and self-efficacy (confidence) as well as an individual’s personal characteristics and social and environmental factors. Exploring these factors with a client allows us to learn about facilitators and barriers and can help us guide the...

The first approach we will explore together is Querying Extremes. This technique is designed to elicit change talk by asking the client to talk about the extremes of their (or others’) concerns or potential consequences about their particular condition or behavior. As well, it also asks the client to describe...