Category: Podcast

In this episode of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with David Rosengren, PhD, President and CEO of the Prevention Research Institute (https://www.primeforlife.org/) in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. David is also the author of Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook (2nd edition) (https://www.guilford.com/books/Building-Motivational-Interviewing-Skills/David-Rosengren/9781462532063). In this episode, David…

In the latest instalment of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, we were joined by Tim Apodaca, licensed psychologist and associate professor of paediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. Tim is a clinician and researcher who devotes much of his work on the use of MI with adolescents experiencing complex life challenges.…

In this episode we welcome Majella Greene, a registered social worker with master’s degrees in applied positive psychology and social work policy and research. Majella, who hails from London, UK, has numerous personal and professional interests, including human emotions, self-fulfilment, resilience, positive experiences and those difficult experiences that enable us to grow. Majella shares her…

In episode eight we talk with Dee-Dee Stout, clinician, trainer, and author on the intersection between Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Trauma Informed Practice (TIP). Dee-Dee discusses how not focusing on symptoms in favour of engagement with clients who have experienced trauma can make the work more effective and rewarding for the client and practitioner alike.…

In episode seven the co-founder of Motivational Interviewing Steve Rollnick describes the development and future directions of MI and explores his journey, with Bill Miller, of translating MI from a world of specialist psychology to one of everyday practice. Time Index;- 0. Introductions & Steve Rollnick bio 2.30. The developmental chronology of MI 10.10. The…

In the sixth episode of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, Glenn and Sebastian welcome Theresa Moyers, PhD, associate professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Terri shares her ideas on the importance of change talk within MI based on her extensive experiences as a clinician and researcher…

In the fourth episode of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, Glenn and Sebastian welcome Stan Steindl, PhD. Stan discusses the bidirectional relationship between compassion and MI. Specifically how compassion is a key element of the MI spirit and how MI style conversations can help guide someone towards a more compassionate view of themselves…

In Episode 3 Glenn and Sebastian focus on the The Four Processes of Engage, Evoke, Focus and Plan. Sebastian then demonstrates Motivational Interviewing with a ‘reluctant’ patient who has been referred by his primary care physician (GP) for smoking cessation counselling.

Glenn and Sebastian return for the second episode of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast. Here they focus on the core skills of Motivational Interviewing (MI), often presented as the acronym OARS. The core skills are Open-Ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries.

In the first episode of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, Glenn and Sebastian introduce themselves and discuss their hopes for the podcast. They also provide an overview of the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Spirit, which consists of four guiding elements that all MI practitioners strive to uphold when engaging in MI conversations with clients:…