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Evoking

7 techniques · 1 approach
MI
Affirming Change Talk (EARS)
Affirming Change Talk (EARS)
EARS is the strategy for working with change talk once heard: Elaborating, Affirming, Reflecting, Summarizing. When the client utters a chan…
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Developing Discrepancy
Developing Discrepancy
One of the four original principles of MI. The essence: help the client see the gap between their current behavior and what matters to them …
MI
Evoking Change Talk (DARN-CAT)
Evoking Change Talk (DARN-CAT)
Change talk is any statement by the client in favor of change. It is the heart of MI: the therapist does not convince, but creates condition…
MI
Importance and Confidence Rulers
Importance and Confidence Rulers
Two scales from 0 to 10 that help assess motivation and evoke change talk. The importance ruler: how important is change for the client righ…
MI
Looking Back
Looking Back
A technique for evoking change talk by exploring the past, when the client felt better or things were different. It lets them recall who the…
MI
Looking Forward
Looking Forward
A technique for evoking change talk by imagining a better future. The client projects themselves into a future where the change has happened…
MI
Querying Extremes
Querying Extremes
A technique for evoking change talk through the exploration of extreme scenarios: the worst (if nothing changes) and the best (if the change…
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