Practice Time! Ep 8: MI Eliciting Change Talk

Skill Criteria for Eliciting Change Talk:
1. The clinician intentionally and strategically asks an evocative, open-ended question to elicit change talk from the client. This can include:

a. Asking for concerns over a behavior/habit.
b. Asking for the downsides to a behavior/habit.
c. Asking how the client would like things to be different.
d. Asking why the client might want to change.

2. The question does not intentionally try to elicit sustain talk or neutral talk.

3. The question does not include the clinician’s opinion, advice, or information.

Exercise from the book "Deliberate Practice in Motivational Interviewing", by Jennifer K. Manuel, Denise Ernst, Alexandre Vaz and Tony Rousmaniere: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/delibe...

Practice Time is a web series hosted by Amy DeSmidt and Jamie Manser showcasing authentic deliberate practice sessions of clinical skills from the book series "The Essentials of Deliberate Practice" (APA Books), edited by Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz.

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