- Patient talks about ability, reason, desire, need to change = increase in commitment strength
- Affirmations and Summary Statements, Sift through ambivalence
- Getting them clear of what’s the benefit for them
- MI is brining in a variety of behavioral approaches into one structured approach specific to people’s innate abilities and what we know about psychology
- What do you do when a patient tells you they don’t want to change? How do you respond from an MI perspective?…See for answerJ
- The patient should be the person to be providing the reasons for change in order for long term behavioral change outcome