

Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast
Glenn Hinds & Sebastian Kaplan
Hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, Talking To Change – A Motivational Interviewing podcast, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. Guests from across the world discuss their special interest in the research, practice and learning of MI along with its place across health, social care, education and criminal justice.
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Nov 4, 2019 • 1h 15min
Ep 18 – Motivational Interviewing with people who have sexually abused
Ep 18 Motivational Interviewing with people who have sexually abused
Glenn and Sebastian welcome David Prescott to the podcast. David is the Clinical Services Development Director for the Becket Family of Services. David has produced 20 book projects and numerous articles and chapters in the areas of assessing and treating sexual violence and trauma. His latest projects on Feedback-Informed Treatment, Forensic Report Writing, and Trauma-Informed Care were published in 2017-2019.
David is a current Fellow and past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, the largest professional organization of its kind in the world. He is also the 2014 recipient of that organization’s Distinguished Contribution award, one of only a handful of recipients. Previously, he received the Bright Lights award from the National Adolescent Perpetration Network in 2007; he has since become a member of that organization’s Board of Elders. David is a Senior Associate and Certified Trainer for the International Center for Clinical Excellence and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. He is also a Consultant, Supervisor, and Invited Trainer for the Romanian Association for Brief Therapies and Strength-Based Solution Focused Consultancy and on the Scientific Committee of the Polish Institute for Motivational Interviewing.
David has lectured around the world, including most recently in Australia, Japan, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Romania, Norway, Namibia, Canada, and the U.K. He has served on the editorial boards of three scholarly journals, Motivational Interviewing: Training, Research, Implementation, and Practice, the Journal of Sexual Aggression, and Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.
0:00 – Opening/introduction
3:30 – David’s early MI story: Learning from our clients and reversing harmful treatment
practices
13:00 – Resisting the “righting reflex”
21:00 – Stretching the limits of compassion
31:30 – The Good Lives Model: Moving “upstream” from behavior
47:00 – A case example: “The ambivalence is there for the understanding”
57:00 – Understanding without collusion
1:01:20 – SOAP: Stable, Occupied, Accountable, Plan
1:06:30 – Recent interests: Being careful with affirmations and compassion in politics
1:13:00 – Closing and contact information
1:15:19 – End of recording
Links and contact information:
Email: vtprescott@earthlink.net
David’s website: http://www.davidprescott.net/
For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian
Email: podcast@glennhinds.com
Twitter:
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Sebastian Kaplan
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Oct 7, 2019 • 60min
Ep 17 – Motivational Interviewing for Multimorbidity
Ep 17 Motivational Interviewing for Multimorbidity
Glenn and Sebastian are happy to share our latest podcast with our guest, Kylie McKenzie, MAPS, FCCLP. Kylie is based outside of Melbourne Australia and is a Clinical Psychologist with more than eighteen years’ experience in a regional public hospital setting.
Kylie McKenzie
Kylie’s clinical work, focused on mental health and chronic illness, led to the discovery of motivational interviewing as an engaging way to support and promote health behaviour change. Since becoming a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers in 2008, Kylie has been selected as a lead trainer for international workshops in Krakow (2013), Atlanta (2014) and Melbourne (2015). Kylie is a final year PhD Candidate in the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne, and her research is focused on the potential of motivational interviewing in working with people living with mental-physical multimorbidity.
0:00 – Opening/introduction
3:00 – Kylie’s early MI story: Going beyond “assess and advise”
16:45 – Giving advice more effectively
21:00 – Asking questions in the direction of change
24:30 – The challenge of having and treating multiple chronic conditions
29:00 – What do we mean by patient-centered?
35:00 – Helping patients get “the good lines”
40:30 – Collaborative focusing
50:00 – The continuum of MI skills in practice
53:30 – Kylie’s research on improving depressive symptoms in people with multimorbidity
as well as understanding MI from the clinician’s perspective
57:20 – Closing and contact information
59:41 – End of recording
Links and contact information:
Email: mckenzie@unimelb.edu.au
Twitter: @_KMcK
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
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Sep 17, 2019 • 1h 6min
Ep 16 – Motivational Interviewing in Leadership and Organisations (MILO)
Ep 16 MI in Leadership and Organisations (MILO)
Fredrik Eliasson
Glenn and Sebastian are very excited to have Fredrik Eliasson on our podcast. Fredrik is a social worker with more than 20 years’ experience in management and organisations. His current work involves providing consultation in leadership and organizational development, MI training, and project management at the research and development department at The National Board of Institutional Care (Statens institutionsstyrelse, or SiS). SiS is a Swedish government agency that delivers individually tailored compulsory care for young people with psycho-social problems and for adults with substance abuse. Overall, Fredrik is responsible for the MI training and supervision of more than 4000 SiS employees and he is head of a unit of MI trainers and MINT members. Fredrik is a co-founder of a group called MI in Leadership and Organisations (MILO), which is dedicated to generating awareness of how MI can positively affect work environments.
0:00 – Opening/introduction
2:45 – Fredrik’s early MI story and relationship building
10:00 – MI as “a way of doing the work that I’m doing”
23:00 – Shifting workplace culture
30:00 – Psychological safety in the workplace
45:20 – Ethics and equipoise
51:00 – Psychological safety as a foundation for change
58:00 – Affirmations in strength-based leadership
1:00:00 – Upcoming research on engagement in the workplace
1:04:00 – Closing and contact information
1:06:14 – End of recording
Links and contact information:
Email: fredrik_eliasson@icloud.com
MILO website: http://www.miinleadershipandorganizations.com/
Amy Edmonds on Psychological Safety:
https://hbr.org/ideacast/2019/01/creating-psychological-safety-in-the-workplace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8
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
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Jul 25, 2019 • 1h 8min
Ep 15 – Motivational Interviewing in Health Care
Dr. Damara Gutnick, MD joins Glenn and Sebastian on this episode to talk about Motivational Interviewing in Health Care. Damara is the medical director of the Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative (MHVC) in New York State. She is an Associate Professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, Family Medicine, & Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and Director of Quality and Research at the non-profit Centre for Collaboration, Motivation & Innovation (http://www.centrcmi.ca). A trainer, clinician, and member of the MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers), Dr. Gutnick is passionate about encouraging clinicians to incorporate the “spirit” of MI into their discussions with patients and dedicated to integrating MI based best practices into health care delivery systems to improve patient engagement in their care. Damara has presented MI based workshops at national and international forums including the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), American College of Physicians (ACP), the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the MINT Forum. Glenn and Sebastian talk with Damara about incorporating MI into the world of a busy physician through more efficient, effective, and even joyful conversations.
0:00 – Opening/introduction
3:20 – Damara’s early MI story and the collaborative care model
14:45 – Preventing burnout: A shift from “What’s the matter?” to “What matters to you?”
31:00 – “I don’t have time!” A sprinkling of MI in seven to nine minutes
45:00 – Change talk and the stages of change model
52:20 – “Graceful exits” and self-compassion
57:00 – “Starting small” as an MI learner
1:00:00 – Health care transformation in New York State: “Whole person health”
1:04:00 – Closing and contact information
1:07:30 – End of recording
Links and contact information:
Email: dgutnick@montefiore.org
Twitter:
@DrDamara1
#LeadingChangeMHVC
Damara also mentioned Helen Bevan: @helenbevan
Smith’s Smoking Evolution video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z65EppMfHk
What Matters to You Movement
June 6this International WMTY day: #WMTY19
Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Website: What Matters to You Page- including videos of WMTY stories of impact
https://montefiorehvc.org/what-matters-to-you/
Link to the British Columbia webinar I will be co-leading about WMTY on June 6th(WMTY Day).
https://bcpsqc.ca/event/what-matters-to-you-day-celebration-webinar/
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
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Jun 25, 2019 • 1h 7min
Ep 14 – Motivational Interviewing in Sports & Performance Settings
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Dr. Jeff Breckon, Head of Research in the Academy of Sport and Physical Activity at Sheffield Hallam University. Jeff is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with membership in both the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and British Psychological Association. He has provided MI training to over 200 organisations across the UK, Europe and North America and delivered the international MI ‘Training New Trainers’ (TNT) programme in Barcelona (June, 2009) and Krakow (October, 2013). Jeff has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers and presented internationally on the role of MI in sport, exercise and health exploring the role of MI and integrative therapies as well as the impact of MI training on workforce development programmes. He is a co-author on an upcoming Guilford text entitled “Coaching Athletes to be their best: Motivational Interviewing in Sports” due out in November 2019)( https://www.guilford.com/books/Coaching-Athletes-toBe-Their-Best/Rollnick-Fader-Breckon-Moyers/9781462541263). He also has three Labradors that keep him busy! Jeff discussed several topics with us pertaining to MI in sport, ranging from the mental health of elite athletes to potential shifts in the culture of sport and how MI might play a role.
0:00 – Opening/introduction
3:05 – Jeff’s early MI story
13:00 – Creating a different culture in Sport: Focus on the athlete
21:00 – “Where’s the therapy?”
25:00 – Challenges and opportunities for MI in elite sport
29:00 – Mental health of the athlete
40:00 – Ambivalence for the athlete
44:15 – Whole systems approach
51:00 – Why MI in sport?
1:00:00 – Jeff and colleagues’ recent writing on MI in sport
1:07:12 – End of recording
For any follow-up questions for Jeff, please contact him at J.Breckon@shu.ac.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
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Apr 24, 2019 • 1h 5min
Ep 13 – MI with CBT and health behaviour change with adolescents
cbt
Glenn and Sebastian are excited to have Dr. Sylvie Naar on the podcast. Sylvie is a Distinguished Endowed Professor in the College of Medicine’s department of Behavioural Sciences and Social Medicine at Florida State University, where she is the founding director of the Center for Translational Behavioural Science. She is a pediatric health psychologist with over 20 years’ experience as a clinician and researcher. Sylvie has conducted research on health disparities for minority youth living with HIV, diabetes, and obesity through several federally funded projects utilizing Motivational Interviewing to improve health behaviours in adolescents both in randomized clinical trials and in implementation evaluation contexts. She is a co-author of the first textbook focusing on adolescents and young adults for Guildford Press’ Motivational Interviewing series
(https://www.guilford.com/books/Motivational-Interviewing-with-Adolescents-and-Young-Adults/Naar-Suarez/9781609180621).
She is also the co-author of the first book dedicated to MI and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, also from Guildford Press
(https://www.guilford.com/books/Motivational-Interviewing-and-CBT/Naar-Safren/9781462531547).
0:00 – Opening/introduction
4:30 – Sylvie’s early MI story: Maximizing effectiveness of interventions for youth living with HIV
12:00 – Crossing cultural boundaries
13:40 – Exploring Sylvie’s research career integrating MI in treatment of pediatric HIV, diabetes, and obesity
31:00 – Reflections exclusively for change talk statements and supporting autonomy
38:00 – Implementation science in Florida
41:30 – MI and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT): From “shared elements” to resolving common dilemmas
53:30 – How CBT can inform MI practice: “If…then…” planning
55:15 – Training and Implementation of MI in agencies
1:01:00 – Looking towards the 2nd edition of the MI for Adolescents book
1:04:00 – Closing
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
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Feb 27, 2019 • 1h 22min
Ep 12 The Engaging Process, Enhancing Autonomy Support, & Self-Esteem in MI
Glenn and Sebastian welcome Dr. Allan Zuckoff to the podcast. Allan is Vice President for Clinical Program Development at Vital Decisions, a company that provides MI-based telephonic advance care planning services to people with life-limiting illness. Allan is a clinical psychologist who spent more than two decades as a member of the departments of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he specialized in the development and study of MI interventions in substance abuse, mental health, and health behavior settings, with an emphasis on treatment engagement. A member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 1998, he has been Chair of MINT’s Board of Directors, editor of the MINT Bulletin and the online journal Motivational Interviewing: Training, Research, Implementation, Practice, and a trainer of trainers. In addition to journal articles and chapters, Allan is the author (with Dr. Bonnie Gorscak) of Finding Your Way to Change: How the Power of Motivational Interviewing Can Reveal What You Want and Help You Get There, the first self-guided application of MI, published by Guilford Press (https://www.guilford.com/books/Finding-Your-Way-to-Change/Allan-Zuckoff/9781462520404). In this episode Allan discusses a range of topics including the engaging process, ways of enhancing autonomy support, and the role of self-esteem in MI.
0:00 – Opening/introduction
5:15 – The engaging process
11:00 – Is engaging directional?
21:30 – Markers of engagement
28:30 – Pressure clients feel to change: Internal and external
32:00 – Balance between autonomy support and directionality
38:45 – How do we enhance autonomy support in our clients?
48:00 – Growing as a practitioner
54:00 – What do we notice in our clients that signals strength in our relationship?
1:01:30 – Engagement as a form of intimacy
1:06:00 – The role of self-esteem in MI
1:20:20 – End of recording
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Dec 9, 2018 • 1h 2min
Teaching & Learning MI Ep 11 Teaching & Learning MI
In this episode of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with David Rosengren, PhD, President and CEO of the Prevention Research Institute (https://www.primeforlife.org/) in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. David is also the author of Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook (2nd edition) (https://www.guilford.com/books/Building-Motivational-Interviewing-Skills/David-Rosengren/9781462532063). In this episode, David discusses a variety of topics relating to the teaching and learning of Motivational Interviewing. The following is an indexed list of topics:
0:00 – Opening/introduction
2:00 – David’s early experiences learning and training MI
6:15 – Origins of Building Motivational Interviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook
10:30 – Demonstrating the ‘Reflection Batting Practice’ exercise
18:15 – Developing a personalised training style
24:00 – Mastery vs. Fluency
29:00 – Interrogative Elaboration
32:45 – The Growth Mindset
40:40 – The Myth of Masked Practice
48:00 – The Branching Script
55:30 – Positive Psychology and Grit
58:40 – Closing
Glenn, Seb & David Halloween Night New Orleans 2018
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Nov 19, 2018 • 1h 8min
Affirmations in Motivational Interviewing Ep 10 Affirmations in Motivational Interviewing
In the latest instalment of Talking to Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, we were joined by Tim Apodaca, licensed psychologist and associate professor of paediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. Tim is a clinician and researcher who devotes much of his work on the use of MI with adolescents experiencing complex life challenges. In this episode, Tim shared his ideas on affirmations through case illustrations and findings from his research on how MI works. The following is an indexed list of topics that Glenn, Sebastian, and Tim discuss:
0:00 – Opening/introduction
3:00 – What is an affirmation?
7:30 – Affirmation or praise?
12:00 – Genuine affirmations with case discussion
25:30 – Eliciting goals and values
34:00 – Research on connection between affirmations and change talk
41:00 – Importance of curiosity
47:30 – The “tone” of MI
51:20 – Affirmations with adolescents and families
1:01:00 – Research on “envisioning the future” with clients
1:06:20 – Closing
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Oct 20, 2018 • 59min
MI & Positive Psychology Ep 9 MI & Positive Psychology
In this episode we welcome Majella Greene, a registered social worker with master’s degrees in applied positive psychology and social work policy and research. Majella, who hails from London, UK, has numerous personal and professional interests, including human emotions, self-fulfilment, resilience, positive experiences and those difficult experiences that enable us to grow. Majella shares her ideas on how MI and positive psychology fit together to help clients reach their potential. The following is an indexed list of topics that Glenn, Sebastian, and Majella discuss:
0:00 – Opening/introduction
2:45 – What is Positive Psychology?
7:00 – Flourishing through the full range of emotions
9:50 – Why call it Positive?
14:00 – Challenges in Research
21:40 – MI, Positive Psychology, and Social Work
29:40 – Examples of Positive Psychology in Practice
39:00 – Importance of Nonverbal Communication
47:00 – “Theme Tunes”
50:00 – What’s on your mind lately? Trauma Informed Practice; Practitioner Burnout
56:00 – Closing
Majella’s Theme Tune:
The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love: https://youtu.be/tKjZuykKY1I
Sebastian’s Theme Tune:
Curtis Blow – Basketball: https://youtu.be/_shxzlTRK44
Glenn’s Theme Tune:
Pharrell Williams – Happy: https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs
For suggestions, questions and to learn more about our on-line training workshops and seminars contact Glenn & Sebastian
Email: podcast@glennhinds.com
Twitter:
ChangeTalking
Glenn Hinds
Sebastian Kaplan
For all previous episodes CLICK HERE
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