The Relationship Between Compassion and Motivational Interviewing

Glen: Compassion is defined by the giver of the compassion, or in fact, by the person receiving it. We don't necessarily know what's best for any given person. So we need to stay open to arm people with information about their needs and preferences. And then there's also the notion of self compassion - that some one might experience compassion in a sort of outward way towards others. A lot of work has found that openness to receiving compassion from another is actually most predictive of psychological outcomes.