Category: Podcast

  • Ep 4 Motivational Interviewing & Compassion

    Ep 4 Motivational Interviewing & Compassion

    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…

  • Ep 3 The Four Processes

    Ep 3 The Four Processes

    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.

  • Ep 2 The Core Skills

    Ep 2 The Core Skills

    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.

  • Ep 1 The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing

    Ep 1 The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing

    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:…