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About MI
“Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change”. – Miller and Rollnick, 2012
Motivational Interviewing
MI is an empirically-supported treatment approach developed by Miller and Rollnick (1991, 2002), which helps individuals resolve ambivalence toward change and allows them to draw on internal strengths and resources.
MI helps us think differently about change, we learn that information alone is not synonymous with change and that no person is completely unmotivated. We also believe that ambivalence to change is normal, and therefore motivation and resistance are highly responsive to practitioner style.
The primary goals of MI are as follows
- Reduce discord.
- Create and amplify, from the client’s perspective, a discrepancy between present behaviour of their broader goals and values.
- Resolve ambivalence.
- Recognize, elicit, and strengthen and “change talk”.
MI is an evidence-based communication style
- Supported by 200+ clinical trials and 1000+ publications across a spectrum of health and social concerns.
- Identified as Best Practice within a number of health and social service areas.
- Proven to reduce resistance & increase readiness for change.
- A brief intervention.
- Learnable, measurable, and effective cross-culturally.
- Complimentary with other approaches.
Organizations that would benefit from MI Training
- Department of Social Services
- Insurance Providers
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Justice Department/Corrections/Probation
- Health/Medical Service Providers
- Service providers working with veterans
- Mental Health/Addictions Service Providers
- Service Providers working with those who are homeless
- Educators
- Employment service providers
- Mental Health/Addictions Service Providers
- Service providers working with youth and youth-at-risk
- Child Protection Providers
- Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) communities (leadership and frontline staff)
- Organizational Development/Learning Institutions
- Integration services providers working with newcomers to Canada
