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Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centered counseling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change. It is designed to strengthen an individual’s motivation for and movement toward a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance, collaboration, and compassion.

For more information about motivational interviewing resources, contact Eunice Akinyi Okumu eunice_okumu@med.unc.edu.

Motivational Interviewing Blog

The Motivational Interviewing Blog is a work of the Social, Behavioral, and Implementation Sciences Core of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Find categories of the blog posts organized here:

Conversations About Change

Art of Engaging

Conversations About Change

Conversations About Change

MI Questions: Evoking Change Talk

Conversations About Change: Responding to Change Talk and Sustain Talk

Conversations About Change: Responding to Discord and Confidence Talk

Conversations About Change: Additional Strategies and Motivation for Change

Conversations About Change: From Evoking to Planning

Planning Process

Conversations About Change: Strengthening Commitment

Conversations About Change: Several Clear Options

Core Motivational Interviewing Skills

Conversations About Change

Conversations About Change: Confidence

Conversations About Change: Developing Discrepancy

Examples of MI in Action

Find all blog posts on the UNC CFAR Motivational Interviewing Blog homepage, here.