Ep 47 – MI in Diabetes Care
Ep 47 – MI in Diabetes Care
Glenn Hinds MI in Diabetes Care
Glenn and Sebastian were happy to have Judith Carpenter on the podcast. 
To discuss MI in diabetes care. Judith has been an MI trainer for over 20 years and a registered dietitian for over 30; Currently working as a Specialist Diabetes Dietitian alongside working as an MI trainer, she integrates MI into her dietetic consultations. Judith became involved in MI in order to improve clinical care with her patients.
Judith started her own training consultancy in 2008 to concentrate on delivering motivational interviewing training and has delivered 100’s of trainings over the past decades to a variety of professionals working in healthcare, social care and other professional groups. She has extensive experience in MI training and helping people to learn MI and is a MINT Certified Trainer [Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers].
She is an active member of MINT, sat on the Board of Directors for this international organisation from 2009-2013, organised MINT’s annual international conference from 2014-2019, and is a current committee member of the MINT UK and Ireland Chapter.
Motivational Interviewing in diabetes care
Judith explores what it means to live with diabetes and how Motivational Interviewing can improve conversations about self-management and health behaviour change. Rather than telling people what they should do, MI helps practitioners understand the person’s priorities, experiences and reasons for making, or not making, changes.
The discussion considers the fixing reflex, listening with a kind heart and integrating MI into dietetic and diabetes consultations. These themes connect with the Fixing Reflex, Reflective Listening and Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare.
In this episode
0:00 – A peek at the episode
3:00 – Judith’s intro and early MI story – “If you change what you do you change what you get”
9:00 – Diabetes: Definitions, facts, and impact on people
14:00 – Living with diabetes
18:45 – Responding to your “righting reflex” with “a kind heart”
26:30 – Effective directing
32:00 – What’s been helpful when working with people with diabetes: Curiosity, evoking, and feedback from clients
39:30 – Levelling power imbalances – “I’m a beginner in their world”
42:00 – Engagement
50:30 – More facts about Type I and II diabetes
58:30 – Psychological aspects of diabetes
1:02:00 – Worry about opening “the can of worms” and how MI can help
1:07:30 – Judith embarking on a year of health
1:10:07 – End of recording
Links and contact information:
- Email: optimalchangeMI@gmail.com
- Twitter: @optimalchangemi
For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian
Listen to Episode 47
Contact Talking to Change
Podcast: podcast@glennhinds.com
Glenn: glenn@glennhinds.com
Sebastian: sebkaplan34@gmail.com
BlueSky:
For all previous episodes CLICK HERE
Support the podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
