Susan Dopart, MS, RDN
@change_talk
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Certified #MotivationalInterviewing trainer in Los Angeles, #BehaviorChange specialist & #WellnessConsultant #HealthCoaching #LifeStyleSolutions
Santa Monica, California
Joined October 2010
"Pay attention 2 what your client is responding to & whatever is working do more of it and whatever is not working do less of it" #BillMiller #motivationalinterviewing #quotes
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Being #inthemoment is where #motivatonalinterviewing exists - if you're not truly listening U will not know what to reflect, affirm or evoke #presence
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Are you directive versus directional with clients? There's a clear difference and here's why #motivationalinterviewing
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What IS the difference between being directive versus directional in your conversations with clients? In the latest Motivational Interviewing Forum co-author of MI Bill Miller discussed how essential...
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Are you maintaining #neutrality in your conversations? Forcing a direction can backfire as it's #humannature to not want 2B told what to do #motivationalInterviewing
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Are you saying back 2 your client WHAT MATTERS to them so they hear it in a more impactful meaningful way? #motivationalinterviewing
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#MotivationalInterviewing requires a state of mind that you don't have a particular outcome - if short on time focus on #evoking questions that go towards #change
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What are you choosing to #reflect? It will determine what happens next in the conversation https://t.co/MNQSKsdnTt
#motivationalinterviewing
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Your client who comes in weekly is stuck in ambivalence. HOW do you help them get out of the quicksand and have a different kind of conversation? One thing we teach in Motivational Interviewing is...
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Are your reflections short and crisp? If long and too wordy they lose the impact for the client #motivationalinterviewing #lessismore
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We get used to looking for & responding to the "struggle" or sustain talk & if we want #changetalk we have to recalibrate & #listen 4 the change piece #motivationalinterviewing
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Be careful of Q's that are disguised advice such as "wouldn't it be better if...?" Keep your questions evoking "how might you be able to do that?" #motivationalinterviewing
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In #MotivationalInterviewing we watch the "I" statements and use "you" statements since it is 100% about the client and 0% about us #autonomy #choice
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With #MotivationalInterviewing we are throwing out a pebble 2 create a ripple - "what would be some things you enjoy about staying clean?" Then reflect what you hear
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#MotivationalInterviewing is casting a line a little further to where the person is wanting to go (rather than where they stand) #holdingthehope #evokinghope
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How are you emphasizing #autonomy in your conversations? Giving your clients #controlandchoice can help them move forward in realizing their values #motivationalinterviewing
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How do you get to your client's WHY? https://t.co/VaBMHEDi2V…
#motivation #values #ambivalence #motivationalinterviewing
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Are you "cuddling the problem" with your #motivationalinterviewing conversations? It could be creating more #ambivalence versus going towards #change
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Be #curious about what is inside someone that helps them to change @stephenrollnick #quotes #quoteoftheday #MotivationalInterviewing
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When people are #ambivalent they have both #changetalk & #sustaintalk inside of them - both of these forms of language come forward naturally- what you choose to reflect determines what happens next #motivationalinterviewing
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Instead of asking “what should I do” maybe ask yourself “how am I being?” #Spirit of #motivationalinterviewing
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Setting up for my first in person intro #motivationalinterviewing training since Covid for #NavajoNation #Diabetes educators - so surreal! @stephenrollnick #mindfulness
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