Ep 59 – Lessons From The Lab: The Gifts of MI
Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast
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Is Change Talk a Good Predictor of Addiction?
The data do show that that change talk is a less reliable predictor of altcome than sustained talk, im in some studies. But what is important is to always step back and think about who we talking about here. Where is this person at? And so then the last thing i'l just say is just it like, ok, so when is it like ideal? I think a contemplate, pre contemplative, but movable and contemplative person,. A person with lower severity, you dont thinks like that.
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is currently an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Magill is also the Director of Biostatistics at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. Dr. Magill’s broad area of study is mechanisms of behavior change in psychosocial treatment for alcohol and other drug use disorders. The goal of this work is to guide intervention development and refinement. In her most recent research, she is focused on therapist or counselor training methods that are based on common factors of established behavioral interventions. 
