Susan Dopart, MS, RDN

"Pay attention 2 what your client is responding to & whatever is working do more of it and whatever is not working do less of it" #BillMiller #motivationalinterviewing #quotes

Being #inthemoment is where #motivatonalinterviewing exists - if you're not truly listening U will not know what to reflect, affirm or evoke #presence

Are you directive versus directional with clients? There's a clear difference and here's why #motivationalinterviewing susandopart.com/2021/12/are-yo…

Are you maintaining #neutrality in your conversations? Forcing a direction can backfire as it's #humannature to not want 2B told what to do #motivationalInterviewing

Are you saying back 2 your client WHAT MATTERS to them so they hear it in a more impactful meaningful way? #motivationalinterviewing

#MotivationalInterviewing requires a state of mind that you don't have a particular outcome - if short on time focus on #evoking questions that go towards #change

What are you choosing to #reflect? It will determine what happens next in the conversation susandopart.com/2017/05/choosi… #motivationalinterviewing

Are your reflections short and crisp?  If long and too wordy they lose the impact for the client #motivationalinterviewing #lessismore

We get used to looking for & responding to the "struggle" or sustain talk & if we want #changetalk we have to recalibrate & #listen 4 the change piece #motivationalinterviewing

Be careful of Q's that are disguised advice such as "wouldn't it be better if...?" Keep your questions evoking "how might you be able to do that?" #motivationalinterviewing

In #MotivationalInterviewing we watch the "I" statements and use "you" statements since it is 100% about the client and 0% about us #autonomy #choice

With #MotivationalInterviewing we are throwing out a pebble 2 create a ripple - "what would be some things you enjoy about staying clean?" Then reflect what you hear

#MotivationalInterviewing is casting a line a little further to where the person is wanting to go (rather than where they stand) #holdingthehope #evokinghope

How are you emphasizing #autonomy in your conversations?  Giving your clients #controlandchoice can help them move forward in realizing their values #motivationalinterviewing

How do you get to your client's WHY?susandopart.com/2019/11/gettin… #motivation #values #ambivalence #motivationalinterviewing

Are you "cuddling the problem" with your #motivationalinterviewing conversations? It could be creating more #ambivalence versus going towards #change susandopart.com/2021/08/are-yo…

Be #curious about what is inside someone that helps them to change @stephenrollnick #quotes #quoteoftheday #MotivationalInterviewing

When people are #ambivalent they have both #changetalk & #sustaintalk inside of them - both of these forms of language come forward naturally- what you choose to reflect determines what happens next #motivationalinterviewing

Instead of asking “what should I do” maybe ask yourself “how am I being?” #Spirit of #motivationalinterviewing

Setting up for my first in person intro #motivationalinterviewing training since Covid for #NavajoNation #Diabetes educators - so surreal! @stephenrollnick #mindfulness