The Power of Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing has a statistic. and clinically meaningful effect on behavior change in roughly three out of four studies. It's also been applied successfully by coaches to build grit in professional soccer players, teachers to nut students to get a full night's sleep or consultants to prepare teams for organizational change. When conflict mediators help separated parents resolve disputes about their children, motivational interviewing is twice as likely to result in a full agreement as standard mediation.