Principles of Motivational  Communication ionCommunication

 

The next few pages will present video demonstrations of the following motivational communcication strategies:

  1. - Maximizing questions, minimizing statements

  2. - Express empathy to promote change talk

  3. - Nonjudgemental curiosity

  4. - Sit with ambivalence

  5. - Avoid Argument

  6. - Roll with resistance

  7. - Support self-efficacy

Overview of motivational interviewing skills

Questions, not statements

Questions, not

   statements

Express Empathy

       Express        

       Empathy

Next, let’s take a look at each of these skills one at a time