Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast

Executive Functioning & MI In this episode Glenn and Sebastian discuss executive functioning and MI with Tamara Hamilton, LCSW, CMBT. Tamara is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than thirty years of experience in behavioral health. For the past ten years, she has been at Cliff Valley School, a pre-K through 8 progressive independent school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, where she serves on the administration team as school counselor and director of the Cliff Valley Institute. She has focused on issues impacting the well-being of children with a particular emphasis on integrating social/emotional learning into academic curricula. Tamara earned her Master’s Degree from the Indiana University School of Social Work, and she holds a graduate certificate in Mind, Brain, and Teaching from the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. Tamara is a frequent consultant and invited speaker regarding various topics related to child development. Her presentation style is informative, warm, and  relatable as she combines her training in neuro-learning, clinical professional experience, and personal stories as a mother of three.  Episode index: 00:00 – Opening and episode preview 04:10 – Tamara’s early MI story 08:25 – What are Executive Functions (EF)? 14:20 – “Learning is changing” 20:40 – Tamara’s journey as a mother of a child with autism 28:00 – “Setting the emotional climate” when working with children and families 30:30 – Applying MI to EF coaching  41:30 – Parallels when working with parents 46:00 – EF skills in context 50:00 – From labels to “What do you need?” 57:15 – Preparing for this summer’s Cliff Valley Institute  60:25 – End of episode Contact information: Email: thamilton@cliffvalley.org  Website: https://www.cliffvalleyinstitute.org/  For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 68 – Executive Functioning & MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

MI within the social context Glenn and Seb were delighted to have Dr. Paul Earnshaw on the podcast to discuss MI within the social context. Paul is an independent Researcher, Senior Psychological Therapist and Motivational interviewing trainer. He is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). He has over 18 years of experience in training multi-disciplinary health and social care staff in the UK and internationally in Motivational Interviewing, across a range of mental and physical health services. Paul has extensive clinical and research experience in a range of NHS Mental Health Services. His research Interests and writing include, the integration of MI and CBT (Atkinson and Earnshaw, 2019), MI Theory (Earnshaw, 2021), COVID-19 (in press), MI Implementation in Organisations (Atkinson and Earnshaw, 2022). Episode index: 00:00 – Opening and episode preview 05:22 – Paul’s early MI story 07:45 – Integration of MI and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 22:40 – The therapeutic relationship 29:00 – Widening the lens beyond a “problem behavior” 38:00 – Creating safety through social empathy 52:40 – Influences on Paul’s early thinking 60:00 – Paul’s many interests including MI/CBT integration and contact tracing  66:38 – End of episode Contact information: Email: pgearnshaw@gmail.com  For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 67 – MI within the Social Context appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Neurodiversity & MI Glenn and Seb were honoured to have Deb Solomon on the podcast to discuss neurodiversity. Deb is a social worker in Adult Care, and a Practice Development Lead. Following a surprise diagnosis of ADHD in 2020 she went on to set up and chair the first UK group for neurodivergent social workers through the British Association Of Social Workers (BASW) after recognising the lack of knowledge and support in the profession. Deb is also the Vice Chair of BASW Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group and has recently set up the Neurodiversity Network for her local authority. Deb presents workshops on neurodiversity, executive functioning and is passionate about ensuring anyone who thinks differently is safe to be their whole selves, celebrating strengths as well as promoting acceptance for all neurotypes. Episode index:    00:00 – Opening and episode preview    07:25 – Deb’s introduction and early story    10:08 – Gender differences in ADHD    14:26 – What changed for Deb after receiving the ADHD diagnosis     20:30 – What an MI practitioner should know when working with clients who are neurodiverse    34:10 – Deb’s emotional and cognitive experiences as someone with ADHD    40:40 – Ambivalence and the executive functions     56:25 – “I have to get it (a thought) out” 1:02:16 – What’s helped Deb that might help others 1:06:25 – Media attention towards neurodiversity 1:11:55 – End of episode Contact information: Twitter: @ND_SWgroup  Email: deb.solomon@basw.co.uk For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 66 – Neurodiversity & MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Storytelling In Teaching & Learning MI Glenn and Sebastian warmly welcomed Steven Malcolm Berg-Smith to the podcast for a discussion on the use of Storytelling In Teaching & Learning MI. For over 30 years, Steve has worked as a behavior change counselor, health educator, drug & alcohol prevention specialist, and researcher.  He currently has a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area as a certified motivational interviewing (MI) trainer, consultant, coach & mentor. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 1994, Steve has conducted over 1200 MI workshops and presentations throughout the US and internationally.  He has served as a “trainer of trainers” for MINT and collaborated in the design of MI-inspired behavior change intervention protocols for numerous national clinical research trials.  He has authored a manual on the “The Art of Teaching Motivational Interviewing,” along with several frequently cited articles on how to use motivation-enhancing tools and strategies to support adolescents and adults in making positive lifestyle changes. Episode index: 00:00 – Opening and episode preview 04:18 – Steve’s early MI story: From interrogating to evoking 14:55 – Steve meets Bill Miller in a role play 27:00 – Steve’s wife encourages him to tell stories 35:30 – The use of cliffhangers in training 46:00 – How to work with someone who is in “pre-contemplation” 54:20 – Can ambivalence be resolved: “The chick that chews” 67:45 – Looking towards retirement 70:32 – End of episode Contact information: Website: www.berg-smithtraining.com  For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 65 – Storytelling In Teaching & Learning MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Common Questions about MI Glenn and Sebastian were excited to welcome David B. Rosengren, Ph.D., for a return appearance to answer some common questions we receive in trainings. David is president & CEO of Prevention Research Institute (PRI), member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), and Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC), as well as a Certified MINT Trainer.  David, is a clinical psychologist with a background in treatment, research, training, and administration. Previously, he was a research scientist and consultant at the University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, practicing psychologist in a variety of clinical settings, and Motivational Interviewing (MI) consultant and trainer.  David completed the initial training for new trainers course offered by Miller and Rollnick in 1993 and was a founding member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.  In addition to Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook, he has written journal articles and book chapters on addictions, MI, the change process, treatment and prevention.  His most recent focus is on the role positive psychology can play in building resilience, as well as enhancing intervention and treatment effects, cognitive processes in learning, use of technology in training, and building, maintaining, and refining practitioner skills.  His current research focus is implementation science in the integration of evidence-based practices across systems. Episode index:    00:00 – Introduction    03:20 – Welcoming David back to the podcast: What’s David been up to?    06:35 – Question 1: Why does listening help?     14:40 – Question 2: How young can a client be to benefit from MI?    23:35 – Question 3: How is what you (therapist) do different than what anyone else (different therapist, friend/mate) does?    28:25 – Question 4: Should MI practitioners work to be powerful influencers of behavior?    35:30 – Question 5: My clients are more difficult than yours. How would MI work with them?    45:47 – Question 6: What if people think you are not being genuine with affirmations? How do you stop them from feeling patronized?    51:40 – Question 7: How are affirmations and compliments different?     58:20 – Question 8: What’s the best way to learn MI? 1:07:45 – Question 9: How am I supposed to do MI when I don’t have enough time?  1:18:25 – David looking forward to being a grandfather! 1:20:56 – End of episode Links and contact information: Email: David.rosengren@primeforlife.org Website: www.primeforlife.org   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-rosengren-pri/ For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 64 – Common Questions about MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Therapeutic Humor – Part II Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Mallori DeSalle, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHC, MATS, CPS, CHP and Lodge McCammon, PhD on the podcast to discuss therapeutic humor (Listen to episode 21 with Mallori for part I on this topic). Mallori is a licensed mental health counselor, an internationally certified prevention specialist, motivational interviewing trainer and a certified humor professional. As a speaker and trainer, she has sparked curiosity in both the young and young-at-heart. Her passion for creating a lasting impact led her to the public health field and for the past 15 years she has worked at Prevention Insights, a center within the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington.  Mallori works with people all over the world. She served on the Board of Directors for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor and in 2021 became a TEDx speaker. Her credentials don’t impress her family, but occasionally her corny jokes do make them laugh.  Dr. Lodge McCammon is a therapeutic humorist, instructional designer, author, musician, and international education consultant who provides professional services, including keynote speeches, workshops, curriculum development, and a variety of training programs. He works with school districts, universities, nonprofits, and businesses (e.g., Palm Beach Schools, University of the West Indies, Discovery Education, Microsoft, Amazon, The Coca-Cola Company). Most recently, Lodge facilitated a month of therapeutic humor for the Nourished Teachers Community, which is a Facebook-funded initiative focused on helping educators cope with work stress and avoid burnout. He uses a program that he designed called “Laugh It Off!” to help his clients transform their daily frustrations into humor. Episode index:    00:00 – Introduction and episode preview    03:39 – Lodge’s introduction and how he and Mallori came to work together     09:00 – Evoking with humor    13:00 – What is humor?    17:00 – An invitation to see a situation in a new way    26:00 – Absurdity training    28:10 – Renaming exercise    34:45 – Finding the absurd from an expected response    40:52 – “I am now ___ years old”    48:25 – The portability of therapeutic humor    54:40 – How to introduce a humorous intervention with permission 1:01:10 – Future trainings and applying therapeutic humor with couples  1:05:20 – Seb’s story applying therapeutic humor in group therapy with adolescents  1:11.21 – End of episode Links and contact information: Mallori Website: www.malloridesalle.com  Email: malloridesalle@gmail.com Lodge Website: www.lodgemccammon.com For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 63 – Therapeutic Humor Part II appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Transtheoretical Model Cycle of Change & MI Glenn and Sebastian were excited to have Mary Marden Velasquez, PhD, on the podcast to discuss the Transtheoretical Model, including the Stages of Change. Dr. Velasquez is Centennial Professor in Leadership for Community, Professional and Corporate Excellence, Director of the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute (HBRT), and former Associate Dean for Research (2006-2013) at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work. She also holds appointments in the Department of Population Health and Psychiatry at UT-Austin’s Dell Medical School. Prior to moving to UT-Austin to become Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Velasquez served on the research faculty in the Psychology Department at the University of Houston and as tenured faculty and Director of Research in Family and Community Medicine at the UT McGovern Medical School in Houston. Her program of research focuses on the development and implementation of interventions using the Transtheoretical Model and Motivational Interviewing. With over 30 years of continued support from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Velasquez has developed and studied behavioral interventions in the areas of integrated primary care, screening and brief interventions, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, alcohol and other drug abuse, prenatal health, HIV prevention, and smoking cessation. A current emphasis is on teaching graduate students and health professionals to work in interdisciplinary teams and to use brief motivational interventions in medical settings. Dr. Velasquez recently completed a four-year term as a study section member on the NIH-Center for Scientific Review “Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addictions” (IPTA). She is an internationally recognized trainer in the Transtheoretical Model and Motivational Interviewing and is a member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers Episode index:    00:00 – Introduction and episode preview    05:37 – Mary’s early TTM and MI story    17:50 – The 10 Processes of Change    21:21 – Experiential Process #1: Consciousness raising    24:08 – Experiential Process #2: Emotional arousal    26:21 – Experiential Process #3: Self-evaluation    28:57 – Experiential Process #4: Environmental re-evaluation    30:52 – Experiential Process #5: Social liberation    33:31 – The Stages of Change    39:35 – Experiential processes linked to long-term change     47:25 – Behavioral Process #1: Stimulus control    48:13 – Behavioral Process #2: Counter conditioning     49:23 – Behavioral Process #3: Reinforcement management    51:01 – Behavioral Process #4: Self-liberation    52:09 – Behavioral Process #5: Helping relationships    55:05 – Applying the model flexibly  1:00:35 – The stages of change and MI: The “kissing cousins” 1:02:25 – Decisional balance and self-efficacy 1:10:43 – Temptation  1:12:25 – Spending time with giants in the field 1:16:57 – End of episode Links and contact information: Study cited in episode:  Stotts AL, DiClemente CC, Carbonari JP, Mullen PD. Pregnancy smoking cessation: a case of mistaken identity. Addict Behav. 1996 Jul-Aug;21(4):459-71. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(95)00082-8. PMID: 8830904.  Book cited in episode: https://www.guilford.com/books/Group-Treatment-for-Substance-Abuse/Velasquez-Crouch-Stephens-DiClemente/9781462523405 Health Behavior and Training Institute:  https://sites.utexas.edu/hbrt/  For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 62 – Transtheoretical Model Stages of Change & MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Motivational Interviewing & Grief Dr. M. Katherine Shear is the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry and the founding Director of the Center for Prolonged Grief at Columbia University School of Social Work. Dr. Shear is a clinical researcher who first worked in anxiety and depression. For the past 25 years, she has focused on understanding and treating people who experience persistent, intense grief, which is now an official diagnosis called Prolonged Grief Disorder in the ICD-11 and DSM-5. She developed and tested Complicated Grief Therapy/Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy, a short-term, strength-based intervention that helps foster adaptation to loss and confirmed its efficacy in three large NIMH-funded studies. Dr. Shear is widely recognized for her work in bereavement, including both research and clinical awards from the Association for Death Education and Counseling and invited authorship of articles for Uptodate and the New England Journal of Medicine. Her work includes more than 330 peer-reviewed publications. She’s developed several widely used assessment instruments and a PGDT instruction manual. Dr. Shear received a BS in biology with honors from the University of Chicago and an MD from Tufts University Medical School. She completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and a psychosomatic fellowship before beginning her clinical research career. Episode index:    00:00 – Introduction and episode preview    04:40 – Dr. Shear’s early MI story    12:00 – What is grief? Why do we experience it? Why does it change over time?              17:17 – What are we losing when a loved one dies?    26:18 – Adaptation after loss    32:15 – The six healing milestones    56:45 – The experience of the practitioner: Self-care and self-compassion 1:02:30 – Sudden vs. expected loss 1:07:08 – Dr. Shear’s work around grief in the African-American community  1:11:16 – End of episode Links and contact information: Websites:  https://prolongedgrief.columbia.edu/  https://hospicefoundation.ie/ For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 61 – Motivational Interviewing & Grief appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Training MI Across Cultures Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Rik Bes on the podcast to discuss his work training MI across cultures. Rik has a background in social work and criminal law. He is co-founder – with Prof. Stephen Rollnick; currently semi-retired – of the not-for-private-profit foundation Centre for Motivation and Change, which was established in 1997. This centre works on a national and international level to bring motivational interviewing (MI) to many different areas (medical and non-medical), settings, cultures and countries around the globe. He has led the development of many online, offline and hybrid MI learning programmes, supporting healthcare professionals from a variety of specialities to have more effective and more patient-centred consultations with their patients He is a member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) since 1995 and contributed to the development of this organisation in the role of board member 2002 – 2008 and senior advisor (Director Emeritus, 2008 – 2014) to the Board of Directors of MINT Inc.  Episode index:    00:00 – Introduction and episode preview    05:27 – Rik’s early MI story    13:45 – Bringing client-centeredness to addiction services in The Netherlands    25:30 – Broadening the cultural scope    39:30 – Adaptations and metaphors from the Middle East to New Zealand 1:12:00 – The importance of co-training and seeking feedback 1:24:00 – Developing hybrid training programs 1:34:46 – End of episode Links and contact information: Twitter: rikbes@me.com   LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/rik-bes-56478121 For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 60 – Training MI Across Cultures appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Lessons from the Lab: The Gifts of MI Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Dr. Molly Magill for another edition of Lessons from the Lab, where she discusses her research and what she refers to as the Gifts of MI. Dr. Magill 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.     00:00 – Introduction and episode preview    04:35 – Molly’s introduction and early MI story    12:05 – MI as a “revolutionary approach”    19:10 – Molly’s interest in therapy manuals and her search for an integrative model    24:10 – Why we search for the “engine”’    30:15 – Process research and the hypotheses for why MI works    40:20 – Important findings from MI process research   54: 30 – The three gifts of MI: 1) Be nice; 2) Be present; and 3) Therapist training 1:00:35 – Molly sharing a personal story  1:06:03 – End of episode Links and contact information: Email: molly_magill@brown.edu For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 59 – Lessons From The Lab: The Gifts of MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.