Motivational Interviewing for Change

01/11/2025

I am safe in Los Angeles, 15 miles from the Palisades fire. But this has been a heart wrenching and devastating time for thousands. Sending all my friends and neighbors around the city lots and lots of love.

There is an incredible outpouring of love from my fellow Angelenos, organizing donation drives and other assistance. I’m proud to be part of this great community. If you are outside of Los Angeles and want to help, please donate to the Red Cross. It will get to the people who need it.

If you are affected by the fires, please reach out, there is lots of help for you around the city, and please be safe! ❤️❤️❤️

—Mary Beth

09/12/2024

Workshop in Lompoc for Santa Barbara County folks, they got quite creative!

09/21/2023

"Each day I incorporated a small change and could definitely see improvements. I still need a lot more practice, but I am much more aware of the questions I ask and the way I phrase them in order to elicit more change talk." - UCI Nursing Student using the MI Companion

09/19/2023

Motivating Others Myth #4

09/18/2023

I've decided to share links to the podcasts I often mention during my trainings. This one is about New Year's resolutions and making changes. Don't miss the first 30 seconds. Sound like MI to you? http://ed.gr/c3pxw

09/15/2023

Coaching: Don't have a patient to practice with, we can provide a standardized actor for you to practice with. Just ask us how.

09/14/2023

Two of my favorite topics - communication coaching and burnout - in just one paper by Pollak http://ed.gr/c85ey.

The short story is that "Clinicians in the intervention clinics reported improvements in burnout scores, and perceived cohesion whereas clinicians in the control clinic reported worse scores." And "patient satisfaction improved in the intervention clinics more than in the control clinics."

Citation below .....

Pollak, K. I., Nagy, P., Bigger, J., Bilheimer, A., Lyna, P., Gao, X., ... & Armstrong, S. (2016). Effect of teaching motivational interviewing via communication coaching on clinician and patient satisfaction in primary care and pediatric obesity-focused offices. Patient education and counseling, 99(2), 300-303.

09/12/2023

Motivating Others Myth #5

09/11/2023

09/08/2023

Coaching: Can't record your clients? We can do live-observation in person or live-observation online using standardized actors. Whatever your situation we can make it work.

09/07/2023

Another satisfied user of the MI Companion. Putting the "care" back in healthcare 💕 Six modules, 20 minutes each plus practice exercises, at your own pace from the comfort of home, with feedback from me. Follow the link http://ed.gr/c3px9 to sign up.