Resistance vs Discord in Motivational Interviewing: How to Handle “Resistant” Clients
Share Your Thoughts With Us In this episode of MI For Change, we explore one of the most misunderstood concepts in therapy and behavior change: resistance. What if your client isn’t actually resistant...
24 Mars 17min
SLPs, BCBAs, and MI: How Better Collaboration Helps Families
Share Your Thoughts With Us What happens when two professionals want the same outcome for a child… but speak completely different languages? In this episode of MI for Change, I’m joined by Rose Griffi...
17 Mars 35min
When Helping Too Much Backfires: Prompt Dependency in Therapy
Share Your Thoughts With Us Helping your clients sounds like the right thing to do. But sometimes… helping too much actually creates the opposite of what we want. In this episode of MI for Change, we ...
10 Mars 20min
The Difference Between Rapport and Buy-In
Share Your Thoughts With Us You can have great rapport… and still have clients cancel, avoid homework, or “agree” without following through. So what’s missing? In this episode of MI for Change, I bre...
3 Mars 14min
MI for Neurodiversity: What Works for Autism, ADHD & PDA (Without Pressure)
Share Your Thoughts With Us If you’ve ever felt like traditional “motivation” strategies don’t land with neurodivergent clients… you’re not imagining it. In this episode, I break down how to use Moti...
24 Feb 18min
Why People Don’t Change—Even When the Help Is “Good” with Dr. Paul Gavoni
Share Your Thoughts With Us Most professionals don’t struggle because they don’t care. They struggle because the people they’re trying to help… don’t see what’s in it for them. In this episode of MI...
17 Feb 47min
Trauma-Informed Care Isn’t What You Think — How MI Restores Choice, Voice, and Agency
Share Your Thoughts With Us with clients. You’ll learn why trauma is fundamentally about loss of control, and how MI restores what trauma takes away: choice, voice, and agency — without removing acco...
10 Feb 17min
Giving Assessment Feedback Without Triggering Defensiveness (Using Motivational Interviewing)
Share Your Thoughts With Us Giving assessment results to parents can be one of the most emotionally charged moments in clinical work. In this episode of MI for Change, Dr. Monica Gilbert explores how ...
3 Feb 17min
