#stephen rollnick

[unofficialchronicle]

Talking To Change – A Motivational Interviewing Podcast. Hosts: Glenn Hinds & Sebastian Kaplan.

Seb and I will publish conversations endeavouring to introduce and explain the key components of MI and its use in supporting individuals and group make health and lifestyle changes.

We are excited to confirm we will be speaking (from episode three onward) with leading global experts in Motivational Interviewing research, practice and training, including Prof. Stephen Rollnick, Prof. William R Miller, Dr. Stan Stendl, Dr. Chris Wagner, Dr. David Rosengren and others.

[trzxkos]

Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) - Dawn Clifford

EPUB & PDF Ebook Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) | EBOOK ONLINE DOWNLOAD

by Dawn Clifford.

Download Link : DOWNLOAD Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)

Read More : READ Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)

Ebook PDF Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) | EBOOK ONLINE DOWNLOAD Hello Book lovers, If you want to download free Ebook, you are in the right place to download Ebook. Ebook Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) EBOOK ONLINE DOWNLOAD in English is available for free here, Click on the download LINK below to download Ebook Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing) 2020 PDF Download in English by Dawn Clifford (Author).

 Description Book: 

Making and maintaining lasting changes in nutrition and fitness is not easy for anyone. Yet the communication style of a health professional can make a huge difference. This book presents the proven counseling approach known as motivational interviewing (MI) and shows exactly how to use it in day-to-day interactions with clients. MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate specific ways to enhance conversations about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more.This audiobook is the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.'MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN NUTRITION AND FITNESS' is wonderfully narrated by Kathleen Godwin. All figures and handouts in the audiobook are included in the supplementary PDF, which is available for

[stephenrollnick]

Three Pieces on Empathy

These three short blogs were originally written for www.sportscoachuk.org. I put them together here for a slightly longer read.

Empathy: 1. Beyond Lip Service

I’m a clinical psychologist and even inside my psychology orbit I hear colleagues talking about the importance of empathy in a hollow way. I imagine the sporting world might also be vulnerable.  Words and phrases are no doubt exchanged in meetings, pasted on walls, and “empathy” and “good relationships” might appear among them as a marker of a club’s mission or core values.  How do they pan out in practice?

If I was worried about sloganeering in sport about empathy I had a wonderful awakening, courtesy of an interview with a football coach developer Edu Robio talking about the selection of coaches (https://playerdevelopmentproject.com/webinar/developing-forward-thinking-players/).  When asked what attribute do you look for in your academy coaches his response was immediate and heartfelt: “I would say the biggest one (is) empathy.”  You don't often hear trainers of psychologists talking like that.  One exception in my field is a colleague who runs a counseling service. So strong is her conviction about the importance of empathy that she asks job applicants to send her a tape of their best effort at listening, and shortlists only those who reach beyond a certain standard.  If Edu dived into the psychology literature he would find his conviction strengthened: empathy has emerged from 60+ years of evaluation of psychological treatment as one of the most robust predictors of good outcome.

Empathetic listening is a skill. I’ve struggled for a log time to help colleagues like doctors, nurses, social workers and psychiatrists to grasp the value of repeated practice with skills like empathetic listening.  Sports coaches, on the other hand have no difficulty appreciating the importance of practice.  So I would encourage someone like Edu Rubio to take heart: your coaches can learn to get better at using empathy. How and why are questions I’ll address in a second blog if my host says he didn't yawn once when reading this one.

Empathy 2: A useful muscle

People who feel empathized with are more likely to flourish.  If they are angry, upset or confused they will calm down much more quickly if they are empathized with.  I’d wager my every possession on the validity of those observations.

This is a two-step process: first to imagine someone’s experience, what its like to stand in their shoes, and then secondly, to convey this to them.  In this second step your attitude and manner are important for sure, and then there’s something else, a verbal skill that’s observable, measurable and, just like a muscle, amenable to practice.  This is variously called empathetic listening, reflective listening or reflecting.

You can get a get feel for that first step by watching people and imagining what they might be experiencing.  Here’s a neat video that challenges you to do just this: 

or you can even apparently visit an empathy museum.  

The second step, the verbal skill looks like this:

Example 1

Athlete: (clearly very angry) I’m telling you now I’ve reached the end.  I’m fed up with the way he speaks to me, like he’s the only one who knows how to play, ordering me around and talking like I’m some kind of idiot. Coach: You know what’s helpful for you and this isn’t it. Athlete: Exactly.

Example 2

Athlete: I tried honestly I did but I don't know what went wrong, it was like I froze and stopped thinking then all of a sudden it was bang, the chance was gone. Coach: You slipped out of gear Athlete: Yes, you got me, and I never expected that.  

Notice that what the coach in each example was a statement, not a question.  I have honestly forgotten who made this observation: if asking a questions is like knocking on a door, empathetic listening is what you do when you go inside. Here’s an example of me using this skill in response to an angry patient in health care, in an unrehearsed simulation produced for a medical journal:

Notice how questions were used very sparingly.

A Norwegian colleague was struggling to translate the word for this skill into his language, so he came up with a very simple phrase – a short summary; you make a short summary of what the person said or is experiencing and leave it to them to amplify if they want to. Your summary captures the essence of what they are saying or feeling.  There’s no more direct way of empathizing with a person.  

Who knows how much better would sporting outcomes be if empathetic listening was widely practiced to a high standard. I’ll pen a third little article if my editor in Sports Coach UK promises me again that he never yawned once, and I’ll try to convey how this skill can save time and help to build motivation in an athlete. Its what underlies a method called motivational interviewing (MI). More on that in the third and final piece.

Empathy 3: The most useful tool of all?

In his last book, Over But Not Out, on its first page, the cricketer Richie Benaud said: “Never discard listening as a source of learning. It could be the most important decision you ever make”.  What did he mean? He never really explained.  

In this third and final piece on empathy I will turn to its various uses, having defined it in previous posts thus: its a skill, involving firstly listening to and imagining what someone is meaning or experiencing, and then secondly, capturing the essence of this and handing it back to them in the form of a statement, an imaginative guess, not a question.  

A coach might benefit hugely from practicing empathy. Richie Benaud might have meant that the most important contribution you bring to coaching is you, in your authenticity, your ability to listen, the quality of your relationships and your desire to really help athletes develop.  Practicing empathy is a direct way of demonstrating this. The effect of empathy is to leave the player with this thought: “This coach considers me as important and is really trying to help and understand me”.  This also balances out the power in the relationship, from one in which the coach knows everything to one in which two equal partners are working together in the service of improvement in the athlete. You don't have to know everything to be a good coach. Indeed, that idea might have a toxic effect on the athlete’s learning. Your vulnerability and willingness to learn is surely what Richie Benaud was thinking of? Empathy changes you.

As you practice empathy other benefits often become apparent. Here’s a useful one: there is no more rapid way of connecting with a player than by using empathy and nothing else. Consider this sequence, where every coach contribution is an empathetic statement in an exchange lasting just a couple of minutes:

Coach: Hey, good morning, you look a bit rushed Player: I’m rough to be honest, but I’ll improve as the day goes on Coach: (sitting down alongside) You’re not at your best Player: Say that again, I hardly slept and I’m still angry with myself after last week Coach: You don't feel you did yourself justice Player: or you sir. I’m sorry about how I performed Coach: You wish you could have done better Player: I know I can do better, my confidence was slipping Coach: and that’s something you want to improve on Player: Definitely and I hope I can find a way Coach: You want to at least get some benefit from today’s practice Player: You guessed right there. That would help a lot, and I’ll sleep much better. Coach: It might help a little with your confidence. Player: A little might help a lot Coach: Let’s see now. Two heads will be better than one…..

Imagine the above player, on another day, furious with a teammate, red hot angry, shouting and refusing to even speak with her colleague. What’s the most efficient and effective way of calming the situation down?  My experience in other fields is that if you only use empathetic listening it does exactly this. Quickly. Then you can consider how to turn this into a learning experience for both parties.

Empathetic listening can be used to steer a conversation gently in the direction of change and improvement, a discovery that gave rise to a counseling style called motivational interviewing. You will notice this use of empathy in the last few statements of the coach above (“and that’s something you want to improve on”, “You want to at least get some benefit from today’s practice” and “It might help a little with your confidence”).  The statements are all purposefully forward-looking, and the athlete’s response is to talk about change more clearly. How motivational interviewing can be integrated into the coach’s conversation toolbox is yet to be properly explored.

[ablondebibliophile]

Book 53 of 2019: Motivational Interviewing (3rd Edition) - William R Miller and Stephen Rollnick Check out my Goodreads review

[online-course-vip]

Stephen Rollnick – Motivational Interviewing

Stephen Rollnick – Motivational Interviewing

Stephen Rollnick – Motivational Interviewing It was the worst session of my life… In the early years of my career, before I helped develop Motivational Interviewing, I was put in charge of a group of young alcoholics. One evening, a patient known to all of my colleagues as being notoriously resistant in the group treatment environment walked in and sat down. He said nothing. At the end of the…

[peggie95i]

Read PDF Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior EBOOK BY Stephen Rollnick

Download Or Read PDF Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior - Stephen Rollnick Free Full Pages Online With Audiobook.

  [*] Download PDF Here => Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

[*] Read PDF Here => Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

[rory76e]

Read PDF Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior BY Stephen Rollnick

Download Or Read PDF Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior - Stephen Rollnick Free Full Pages Online With Audiobook.

  [*] Download PDF Here => Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

[*] Read PDF Here => Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

[the-brandboy]

51+ Inspiring Quotes from the “Motivational Interviewing”

51+ Inspiring Quotes from the “Motivational Interviewing”

The book “Motivational Interviewing” by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick is famous in Motivational Interviewing (MI). The book explores the process of behavior change and how to implement the principles of MI in various case studies effectively. Here are some quotes Quotes From The “Motivational Interviewing” book: – The foolish is not patient enough to understand, only eager enough to…

[agilebestpdf]

(EPUB) Download Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior BY Stephen Rollnick

  Read/Download Visit :

https://bakolpentolbakar.blogspot.com/?book=1593856121

Book Details :

Author : Stephen Rollnick

Pages : 210 pages

Publisher : The Guilford Press

Language : en-US

ISBN-10 : 1593856121

ISBN-13 : 9781593856120

Book Synopsis :

Read Online and Download Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior .Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation, to medication adherence and safer sex practices. Engaging dialogues and vignettes bring to life the core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach into any health care setting. Appendices include MI training resources and publications on specific medical conditions. This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers. .

Stephen Rollnick book Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior.

 sreading

[cupcake-mediabook]

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

 Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation, to medication adherence and safer sex practices. Engaging dialogues and vignettes bring to life the core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach into any health care setting. Appendices include MI training resources and publications on specific medical conditions. This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

 LEARN MORE

[newstvstation]

Staff Perspective: Serving Others

Originally posted on Future Health Care

Few people outside the field of behavioral healthcare grasp the importance of the therapeutic alliance. Facilitating a process of self-change through which patients become determined to pursue recovery requires the building of trust and the practices of empathy and deep listening. The art and skill of talented therapists are based mainly on an innate desire to serve, and an ability to practice their calling mindfully.

In the following article, Futures Outreach Professional and experienced interventionist, Stephen Watts, shares his thoughts about the importance of bringing a servant’s heart and the gift of presence to the practice of therapy. Informed by decades of work helping individuals and families find recovery and well-being, Stephen discusses the fundamental value of the authentic connection between patient and practitioner. The insights Stephen shares contribute to our ability to maintain an environment in which therapists feel safe, comfortable, and supported in their mission, and encouraged to do their best work for the individuals and families in our care.

SERVING OTHERS

Written by Stephen Watts

“We only have what we give” – Isabel Allende

I believe that when we are serving others, helping, counseling, volunteering, or whatever the circumstance, there are some basics that we need to possess. Growing up in the family of origin that I had, accidentally “falling into” a helping/counseling role for lots of years has taught me that our ability to serve others effectively is dependent upon our willingness and motivation. We need to have a servant’s heart, be present, and know how to engage the other individual successfully. I have facilitated a bunch of interventions and have counseled thousands of people and their families and I have learned from this, mistakes being one of my greatest teachers! I was academically trained in the liberal arts, not counseling but had many strong teachers and mentors along the way in my early years of working with suffering chemically dependent people and their families. Here is what I came to believe concerning the helping situation. We have to become “naturally therapeutic” as the author Jaquelyn Small put it.

John Holmes said, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” Holding a servant’s heart has got to happen, I believe, before we can help others. There are degrees of servitude. There was only one Mother Theresa who possessed a tireless commitment to serving the abject poor of India. Not many of us can do this and I do not believe that level of service is necessary in most cases. Doing little unknown niceties to others daily is the character and behavior of many people who are never noticed. A heart of service comes from upbringing, is innate for some, and is learned through surviving some really difficult times and life events for others. The great twelve step movement of the twentieth century implores us to “clean house, trust God, and serve others.” There are countless occupations that require varying degrees of a dedication to service. The willingness, “the heart” for standing in the fire with others is not rare or uncommon. I see it regularly. It is a spiritual thing, a humanity thing, a paycheck thing, and a feel-good thing, though I seldom heard other counselors say “I feel good about doing ____________”.

Service is a great thing, but I believe that we have to practice being present when doing so, whether it’s a therapy session or serving a bowl of soup to the homeless. I found that when I showed up 100%, mentally and physically, things generally went well. The other person that we are helping knows if we are only partially present. They do. When we practice this presence, we can listen deeply, as Thich Nhat Hanh extols, empathize, and sit with the clients discomfort more easily. This IS a practice. The practice of truly being present in all ways while helping someone else improves our ability to serve. Many times, being present for the other person means listening with no response, judgement, counsel, or advice giving. People want to be heard. This is important and is a large part of being mindfully present. We sit, we breathe, and we listen deeply. We practice patience and acceptance when we hear stuff that is repetitive or makes us feel uncomfortable, or leads to wanting to fix the other person. We sit and keep ourselves in the present moment by noticing when we “drift off” and need to return to the room. Read “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh, or “Start Where You Are” by Pema Chodron, and pretty much anything by Jack Kornfield, to help you improve being present for your clients. If you are successful with being present for the people that you assist, you cannot help but be more present in your day to day life which will lead to feelings of gratitude and appreciation. Be patient with yourself, again, being present is a practice.

Engaging others in a way that will lead them to talk to us honestly and openly is, what I believe, a major fundamental in the service of others. If we have the desire to help the person in front of us, are able to remain present with them most of the time, then we engage them in a conversational exchange that is coming from a place of sincerely wanting to help the other person move forward in positive direction and solutions. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, the authors of “Motivational Interviewing” state in this important counseling text that if we have the intention of the other person, our client, improving then that intention translates as greater outcomes for the client. These two author-teachers set forth four basic tenets of motivational interviewing. These are; listen with empathy, develop discrepancy, roll with resistance, and support self-efficacy. Help the client by really listening, showing them that there is a difference in the life they are living and the life they want to have, do not argue or push back with resistance from the other, rather “roll” with it, and support the client when they make progress toward a goal. I mention these because they are great guidelines for daily interactions, because I have used them in interactions other than counseling ones. Engagement has to be non- threatening. Back in the early days of chemical dependency treatment, confrontation of the client was acceptable and the preferable mode of addiction counseling. I will say that some confrontation is effective if; you have the client’s trust, have a therapeutic alliance with the client, and do it professionally and non-judgmentally. There is a way to inform others that their reality is not reality without sounding harsh or judging. This is hard to pull off for rookies in service to others. Confrontation without the aforementioned components is not only ineffective, but can turn into a negative outcome for both client and server. Engagement with others who need our help also is much more successful when we set aside the results or outcome of our service to others. It is not up to us. If we engage others in conversations that offer sincere support, listening to their response, concerns, perspectives, without judgment, and have the intention of helping that person get better, solve their issue, assist them in some way that makes their life better, then we have successfully met them and helped them.

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed” – Maya Angelou

About Futures Recovery Healthcare

Futures Recovery Healthcare is a specialized addiction and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment provider with residential and outpatient programs in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Contact Futures Recovery Healthcare

701 Old Dixie Hwy Tequesta FL 33469 United States

(561) 475-1804

Website: https://futuresrecoveryhealthcare.com/

The post Staff Perspective: Serving Others appeared first on News TV Station.

from WordPress https://ift.tt/2yCBwbg via News TV Station

[allthetimenews]

Staff Perspective: Serving Others

Originally posted on Future Health Care

Few people outside the field of behavioral healthcare grasp the importance of the therapeutic alliance. Facilitating a process of self-change through which patients become determined to pursue recovery requires the building of trust and the practices of empathy and deep listening. The art and skill of talented therapists are based mainly on an innate desire to serve, and an ability to practice their calling mindfully.

In the following article, Futures Outreach Professional and experienced interventionist, Stephen Watts, shares his thoughts about the importance of bringing a servant��s heart and the gift of presence to the practice of therapy. Informed by decades of work helping individuals and families find recovery and well-being, Stephen discusses the fundamental value of the authentic connection between patient and practitioner. The insights Stephen shares contribute to our ability to maintain an environment in which therapists feel safe, comfortable, and supported in their mission, and encouraged to do their best work for the individuals and families in our care.

SERVING OTHERS

Written by Stephen Watts

“We only have what we give” – Isabel Allende

I believe that when we are serving others, helping, counseling, volunteering, or whatever the circumstance, there are some basics that we need to possess. Growing up in the family of origin that I had, accidentally “falling into” a helping/counseling role for lots of years has taught me that our ability to serve others effectively is dependent upon our willingness and motivation. We need to have a servant’s heart, be present, and know how to engage the other individual successfully. I have facilitated a bunch of interventions and have counseled thousands of people and their families and I have learned from this, mistakes being one of my greatest teachers! I was academically trained in the liberal arts, not counseling but had many strong teachers and mentors along the way in my early years of working with suffering chemically dependent people and their families. Here is what I came to believe concerning the helping situation. We have to become “naturally therapeutic” as the author Jaquelyn Small put it.

John Holmes said, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” Holding a servant’s heart has got to happen, I believe, before we can help others. There are degrees of servitude. There was only one Mother Theresa who possessed a tireless commitment to serving the abject poor of India. Not many of us can do this and I do not believe that level of service is necessary in most cases. Doing little unknown niceties to others daily is the character and behavior of many people who are never noticed. A heart of service comes from upbringing, is innate for some, and is learned through surviving some really difficult times and life events for others. The great twelve step movement of the twentieth century implores us to “clean house, trust God, and serve others.” There are countless occupations that require varying degrees of a dedication to service. The willingness, “the heart” for standing in the fire with others is not rare or uncommon. I see it regularly. It is a spiritual thing, a humanity thing, a paycheck thing, and a feel-good thing, though I seldom heard other counselors say “I feel good about doing ____________”.

Service is a great thing, but I believe that we have to practice being present when doing so, whether it’s a therapy session or serving a bowl of soup to the homeless. I found that when I showed up 100%, mentally and physically, things generally went well. The other person that we are helping knows if we are only partially present. They do. When we practice this presence, we can listen deeply, as Thich Nhat Hanh extols, empathize, and sit with the clients discomfort more easily. This IS a practice. The practice of truly being present in all ways while helping someone else improves our ability to serve. Many times, being present for the other person means listening with no response, judgement, counsel, or advice giving. People want to be heard. This is important and is a large part of being mindfully present. We sit, we breathe, and we listen deeply. We practice patience and acceptance when we hear stuff that is repetitive or makes us feel uncomfortable, or leads to wanting to fix the other person. We sit and keep ourselves in the present moment by noticing when we “drift off” and need to return to the room. Read “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh, or “Start Where You Are” by Pema Chodron, and pretty much anything by Jack Kornfield, to help you improve being present for your clients. If you are successful with being present for the people that you assist, you cannot help but be more present in your day to day life which will lead to feelings of gratitude and appreciation. Be patient with yourself, again, being present is a practice.

Engaging others in a way that will lead them to talk to us honestly and openly is, what I believe, a major fundamental in the service of others. If we have the desire to help the person in front of us, are able to remain present with them most of the time, then we engage them in a conversational exchange that is coming from a place of sincerely wanting to help the other person move forward in positive direction and solutions. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, the authors of “Motivational Interviewing” state in this important counseling text that if we have the intention of the other person, our client, improving then that intention translates as greater outcomes for the client. These two author-teachers set forth four basic tenets of motivational interviewing. These are; listen with empathy, develop discrepancy, roll with resistance, and support self-efficacy. Help the client by really listening, showing them that there is a difference in the life they are living and the life they want to have, do not argue or push back with resistance from the other, rather “roll” with it, and support the client when they make progress toward a goal. I mention these because they are great guidelines for daily interactions, because I have used them in interactions other than counseling ones. Engagement has to be non- threatening. Back in the early days of chemical dependency treatment, confrontation of the client was acceptable and the preferable mode of addiction counseling. I will say that some confrontation is effective if; you have the client’s trust, have a therapeutic alliance with the client, and do it professionally and non-judgmentally. There is a way to inform others that their reality is not reality without sounding harsh or judging. This is hard to pull off for rookies in service to others. Confrontation without the aforementioned components is not only ineffective, but can turn into a negative outcome for both client and server. Engagement with others who need our help also is much more successful when we set aside the results or outcome of our service to others. It is not up to us. If we engage others in conversations that offer sincere support, listening to their response, concerns, perspectives, without judgment, and have the intention of helping that person get better, solve their issue, assist them in some way that makes their life better, then we have successfully met them and helped them.

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed” – Maya Angelou

About Futures Recovery Healthcare

Futures Recovery Healthcare is a specialized addiction and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment provider with residential and outpatient programs in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Contact Futures Recovery Healthcare

701 Old Dixie Hwy Tequesta FL 33469 United States

(561) 475-1804

Website: https://futuresrecoveryhealthcare.com/

The post Staff Perspective: Serving Others appeared first on AllTheTimeNews.

from WordPress https://ift.tt/3cEmErs via All The Time News

[online-course-vip]

Stephen Rollnick - Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare

Stephen Rollnick – Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare

Stephen Rollnick – Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare Stephen Rollnick, PhD, Co-founder of Motivational Interviewing, Author, International Speaker and Expert Trainer Motivational interviewing will revolutionize your approach to patient behavior change. MI is an evidenced based approach that will take the lecturing and negotiating out of the conversation with your patients and provide you…

[newsperception]

Staff Perspective: Serving Others

Originally posted on Future Health Care

Few people outside the field of behavioral healthcare grasp the importance of the therapeutic alliance. Facilitating a process of self-change through which patients become determined to pursue recovery requires the building of trust and the practices of empathy and deep listening. The art and skill of talented therapists are based mainly on an innate desire to serve, and an ability to practice their calling mindfully.

In the following article, Futures Outreach Professional and experienced interventionist, Stephen Watts, shares his thoughts about the importance of bringing a servant’s heart and the gift of presence to the practice of therapy. Informed by decades of work helping individuals and families find recovery and well-being, Stephen discusses the fundamental value of the authentic connection between patient and practitioner. The insights Stephen shares contribute to our ability to maintain an environment in which therapists feel safe, comfortable, and supported in their mission, and encouraged to do their best work for the individuals and families in our care.

SERVING OTHERS

Written by Stephen Watts

“We only have what we give” – Isabel Allende

I believe that when we are serving others, helping, counseling, volunteering, or whatever the circumstance, there are some basics that we need to possess. Growing up in the family of origin that I had, accidentally “falling into” a helping/counseling role for lots of years has taught me that our ability to serve others effectively is dependent upon our willingness and motivation. We need to have a servant’s heart, be present, and know how to engage the other individual successfully. I have facilitated a bunch of interventions and have counseled thousands of people and their families and I have learned from this, mistakes being one of my greatest teachers! I was academically trained in the liberal arts, not counseling but had many strong teachers and mentors along the way in my early years of working with suffering chemically dependent people and their families. Here is what I came to believe concerning the helping situation. We have to become “naturally therapeutic” as the author Jaquelyn Small put it.

John Holmes said, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” Holding a servant’s heart has got to happen, I believe, before we can help others. There are degrees of servitude. There was only one Mother Theresa who possessed a tireless commitment to serving the abject poor of India. Not many of us can do this and I do not believe that level of service is necessary in most cases. Doing little unknown niceties to others daily is the character and behavior of many people who are never noticed. A heart of service comes from upbringing, is innate for some, and is learned through surviving some really difficult times and life events for others. The great twelve step movement of the twentieth century implores us to “clean house, trust God, and serve others.” There are countless occupations that require varying degrees of a dedication to service. The willingness, “the heart” for standing in the fire with others is not rare or uncommon. I see it regularly. It is a spiritual thing, a humanity thing, a paycheck thing, and a feel-good thing, though I seldom heard other counselors say “I feel good about doing ____________”.

Service is a great thing, but I believe that we have to practice being present when doing so, whether it’s a therapy session or serving a bowl of soup to the homeless. I found that when I showed up 100%, mentally and physically, things generally went well. The other person that we are helping knows if we are only partially present. They do. When we practice this presence, we can listen deeply, as Thich Nhat Hanh extols, empathize, and sit with the clients discomfort more easily. This IS a practice. The practice of truly being present in all ways while helping someone else improves our ability to serve. Many times, being present for the other person means listening with no response, judgement, counsel, or advice giving. People want to be heard. This is important and is a large part of being mindfully present. We sit, we breathe, and we listen deeply. We practice patience and acceptance when we hear stuff that is repetitive or makes us feel uncomfortable, or leads to wanting to fix the other person. We sit and keep ourselves in the present moment by noticing when we “drift off” and need to return to the room. Read “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh, or “Start Where You Are” by Pema Chodron, and pretty much anything by Jack Kornfield, to help you improve being present for your clients. If you are successful with being present for the people that you assist, you cannot help but be more present in your day to day life which will lead to feelings of gratitude and appreciation. Be patient with yourself, again, being present is a practice.

Engaging others in a way that will lead them to talk to us honestly and openly is, what I believe, a major fundamental in the service of others. If we have the desire to help the person in front of us, are able to remain present with them most of the time, then we engage them in a conversational exchange that is coming from a place of sincerely wanting to help the other person move forward in positive direction and solutions. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, the authors of “Motivational Interviewing” state in this important counseling text that if we have the intention of the other person, our client, improving then that intention translates as greater outcomes for the client. These two author-teachers set forth four basic tenets of motivational interviewing. These are; listen with empathy, develop discrepancy, roll with resistance, and support self-efficacy. Help the client by really listening, showing them that there is a difference in the life they are living and the life they want to have, do not argue or push back with resistance from the other, rather “roll” with it, and support the client when they make progress toward a goal. I mention these because they are great guidelines for daily interactions, because I have used them in interactions other than counseling ones. Engagement has to be non- threatening. Back in the early days of chemical dependency treatment, confrontation of the client was acceptable and the preferable mode of addiction counseling. I will say that some confrontation is effective if; you have the client’s trust, have a therapeutic alliance with the client, and do it professionally and non-judgmentally. There is a way to inform others that their reality is not reality without sounding harsh or judging. This is hard to pull off for rookies in service to others. Confrontation without the aforementioned components is not only ineffective, but can turn into a negative outcome for both client and server. Engagement with others who need our help also is much more successful when we set aside the results or outcome of our service to others. It is not up to us. If we engage others in conversations that offer sincere support, listening to their response, concerns, perspectives, without judgment, and have the intention of helping that person get better, solve their issue, assist them in some way that makes their life better, then we have successfully met them and helped them.

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed” – Maya Angelou

About Futures Recovery Healthcare

Futures Recovery Healthcare is a specialized addiction and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment provider with residential and outpatient programs in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Contact Futures Recovery Healthcare

701 Old Dixie Hwy Tequesta FL 33469 United States

(561) 475-1804

Website: https://futuresrecoveryhealthcare.com/

The post Staff Perspective: Serving Others appeared first on NewsPerception.

from WordPress https://ift.tt/2Y30VFL via News Perception

[businesstribune]

Staff Perspective: Serving Others

Originally posted on Future Health Care

Few people outside the field of behavioral healthcare grasp the importance of the therapeutic alliance. Facilitating a process of self-change through which patients become determined to pursue recovery requires the building of trust and the practices of empathy and deep listening. The art and skill of talented therapists are based mainly on an innate desire to serve, and an ability to practice their calling mindfully.

In the following article, Futures Outreach Professional and experienced interventionist, Stephen Watts, shares his thoughts about the importance of bringing a servant’s heart and the gift of presence to the practice of therapy. Informed by decades of work helping individuals and families find recovery and well-being, Stephen discusses the fundamental value of the authentic connection between patient and practitioner. The insights Stephen shares contribute to our ability to maintain an environment in which therapists feel safe, comfortable, and supported in their mission, and encouraged to do their best work for the individuals and families in our care.

SERVING OTHERS

Written by Stephen Watts

“We only have what we give” – Isabel Allende

I believe that when we are serving others, helping, counseling, volunteering, or whatever the circumstance, there are some basics that we need to possess. Growing up in the family of origin that I had, accidentally “falling into” a helping/counseling role for lots of years has taught me that our ability to serve others effectively is dependent upon our willingness and motivation. We need to have a servant’s heart, be present, and know how to engage the other individual successfully. I have facilitated a bunch of interventions and have counseled thousands of people and their families and I have learned from this, mistakes being one of my greatest teachers! I was academically trained in the liberal arts, not counseling but had many strong teachers and mentors along the way in my early years of working with suffering chemically dependent people and their families. Here is what I came to believe concerning the helping situation. We have to become “naturally therapeutic” as the author Jaquelyn Small put it.

John Holmes said, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” Holding a servant’s heart has got to happen, I believe, before we can help others. There are degrees of servitude. There was only one Mother Theresa who possessed a tireless commitment to serving the abject poor of India. Not many of us can do this and I do not believe that level of service is necessary in most cases. Doing little unknown niceties to others daily is the character and behavior of many people who are never noticed. A heart of service comes from upbringing, is innate for some, and is learned through surviving some really difficult times and life events for others. The great twelve step movement of the twentieth century implores us to “clean house, trust God, and serve others.” There are countless occupations that require varying degrees of a dedication to service. The willingness, “the heart” for standing in the fire with others is not rare or uncommon. I see it regularly. It is a spiritual thing, a humanity thing, a paycheck thing, and a feel-good thing, though I seldom heard other counselors say “I feel good about doing ____________”.

Service is a great thing, but I believe that we have to practice being present when doing so, whether it’s a therapy session or serving a bowl of soup to the homeless. I found that when I showed up 100%, mentally and physically, things generally went well. The other person that we are helping knows if we are only partially present. They do. When we practice this presence, we can listen deeply, as Thich Nhat Hanh extols, empathize, and sit with the clients discomfort more easily. This IS a practice. The practice of truly being present in all ways while helping someone else improves our ability to serve. Many times, being present for the other person means listening with no response, judgement, counsel, or advice giving. People want to be heard. This is important and is a large part of being mindfully present. We sit, we breathe, and we listen deeply. We practice patience and acceptance when we hear stuff that is repetitive or makes us feel uncomfortable, or leads to wanting to fix the other person. We sit and keep ourselves in the present moment by noticing when we “drift off” and need to return to the room. Read “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh, or “Start Where You Are” by Pema Chodron, and pretty much anything by Jack Kornfield, to help you improve being present for your clients. If you are successful with being present for the people that you assist, you cannot help but be more present in your day to day life which will lead to feelings of gratitude and appreciation. Be patient with yourself, again, being present is a practice.

Engaging others in a way that will lead them to talk to us honestly and openly is, what I believe, a major fundamental in the service of others. If we have the desire to help the person in front of us, are able to remain present with them most of the time, then we engage them in a conversational exchange that is coming from a place of sincerely wanting to help the other person move forward in positive direction and solutions. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, the authors of “Motivational Interviewing” state in this important counseling text that if we have the intention of the other person, our client, improving then that intention translates as greater outcomes for the client. These two author-teachers set forth four basic tenets of motivational interviewing. These are; listen with empathy, develop discrepancy, roll with resistance, and support self-efficacy. Help the client by really listening, showing them that there is a difference in the life they are living and the life they want to have, do not argue or push back with resistance from the other, rather “roll” with it, and support the client when they make progress toward a goal. I mention these because they are great guidelines for daily interactions, because I have used them in interactions other than counseling ones. Engagement has to be non- threatening. Back in the early days of chemical dependency treatment, confrontation of the client was acceptable and the preferable mode of addiction counseling. I will say that some confrontation is effective if; you have the client’s trust, have a therapeutic alliance with the client, and do it professionally and non-judgmentally. There is a way to inform others that their reality is not reality without sounding harsh or judging. This is hard to pull off for rookies in service to others. Confrontation without the aforementioned components is not only ineffective, but can turn into a negative outcome for both client and server. Engagement with others who need our help also is much more successful when we set aside the results or outcome of our service to others. It is not up to us. If we engage others in conversations that offer sincere support, listening to their response, concerns, perspectives, without judgment, and have the intention of helping that person get better, solve their issue, assist them in some way that makes their life better, then we have successfully met them and helped them.

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed” – Maya Angelou

About Futures Recovery Healthcare

Futures Recovery Healthcare is a specialized addiction and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment provider with residential and outpatient programs in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Contact Futures Recovery Healthcare

701 Old Dixie Hwy Tequesta FL 33469 United States

(561) 475-1804

Website: https://futuresrecoveryhealthcare.com/

The post Staff Perspective: Serving Others appeared first on Business Tribune.

from WordPress https://ift.tt/2RWplg7 via Business Tribune

[midwestregister]

Staff Perspective: Serving Others

Originally posted on Future Health Care

Few people outside the field of behavioral healthcare grasp the importance of the therapeutic alliance. Facilitating a process of self-change through which patients become determined to pursue recovery requires the building of trust and the practices of empathy and deep listening. The art and skill of talented therapists are based mainly on an innate desire to serve, and an ability to practice their calling mindfully.

In the following article, Futures Outreach Professional and experienced interventionist, Stephen Watts, shares his thoughts about the importance of bringing a servant’s heart and the gift of presence to the practice of therapy. Informed by decades of work helping individuals and families find recovery and well-being, Stephen discusses the fundamental value of the authentic connection between patient and practitioner. The insights Stephen shares contribute to our ability to maintain an environment in which therapists feel safe, comfortable, and supported in their mission, and encouraged to do their best work for the individuals and families in our care.

SERVING OTHERS

Written by Stephen Watts

“We only have what we give” – Isabel Allende

I believe that when we are serving others, helping, counseling, volunteering, or whatever the circumstance, there are some basics that we need to possess. Growing up in the family of origin that I had, accidentally “falling into” a helping/counseling role for lots of years has taught me that our ability to serve others effectively is dependent upon our willingness and motivation. We need to have a servant’s heart, be present, and know how to engage the other individual successfully. I have facilitated a bunch of interventions and have counseled thousands of people and their families and I have learned from this, mistakes being one of my greatest teachers! I was academically trained in the liberal arts, not counseling but had many strong teachers and mentors along the way in my early years of working with suffering chemically dependent people and their families. Here is what I came to believe concerning the helping situation. We have to become “naturally therapeutic” as the author Jaquelyn Small put it.

John Holmes said, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” Holding a servant’s heart has got to happen, I believe, before we can help others. There are degrees of servitude. There was only one Mother Theresa who possessed a tireless commitment to serving the abject poor of India. Not many of us can do this and I do not believe that level of service is necessary in most cases. Doing little unknown niceties to others daily is the character and behavior of many people who are never noticed. A heart of service comes from upbringing, is innate for some, and is learned through surviving some really difficult times and life events for others. The great twelve step movement of the twentieth century implores us to “clean house, trust God, and serve others.” There are countless occupations that require varying degrees of a dedication to service. The willingness, “the heart” for standing in the fire with others is not rare or uncommon. I see it regularly. It is a spiritual thing, a humanity thing, a paycheck thing, and a feel-good thing, though I seldom heard other counselors say “I feel good about doing ____________”.

Service is a great thing, but I believe that we have to practice being present when doing so, whether it’s a therapy session or serving a bowl of soup to the homeless. I found that when I showed up 100%, mentally and physically, things generally went well. The other person that we are helping knows if we are only partially present. They do. When we practice this presence, we can listen deeply, as Thich Nhat Hanh extols, empathize, and sit with the clients discomfort more easily. This IS a practice. The practice of truly being present in all ways while helping someone else improves our ability to serve. Many times, being present for the other person means listening with no response, judgement, counsel, or advice giving. People want to be heard. This is important and is a large part of being mindfully present. We sit, we breathe, and we listen deeply. We practice patience and acceptance when we hear stuff that is repetitive or makes us feel uncomfortable, or leads to wanting to fix the other person. We sit and keep ourselves in the present moment by noticing when we “drift off” and need to return to the room. Read “The Miracle of Mindfulness” by Thich Nhat Hanh, or “Start Where You Are” by Pema Chodron, and pretty much anything by Jack Kornfield, to help you improve being present for your clients. If you are successful with being present for the people that you assist, you cannot help but be more present in your day to day life which will lead to feelings of gratitude and appreciation. Be patient with yourself, again, being present is a practice.

Engaging others in a way that will lead them to talk to us honestly and openly is, what I believe, a major fundamental in the service of others. If we have the desire to help the person in front of us, are able to remain present with them most of the time, then we engage them in a conversational exchange that is coming from a place of sincerely wanting to help the other person move forward in positive direction and solutions. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, the authors of “Motivational Interviewing” state in this important counseling text that if we have the intention of the other person, our client, improving then that intention translates as greater outcomes for the client. These two author-teachers set forth four basic tenets of motivational interviewing. These are; listen with empathy, develop discrepancy, roll with resistance, and support self-efficacy. Help the client by really listening, showing them that there is a difference in the life they are living and the life they want to have, do not argue or push back with resistance from the other, rather “roll” with it, and support the client when they make progress toward a goal. I mention these because they are great guidelines for daily interactions, because I have used them in interactions other than counseling ones. Engagement has to be non- threatening. Back in the early days of chemical dependency treatment, confrontation of the client was acceptable and the preferable mode of addiction counseling. I will say that some confrontation is effective if; you have the client’s trust, have a therapeutic alliance with the client, and do it professionally and non-judgmentally. There is a way to inform others that their reality is not reality without sounding harsh or judging. This is hard to pull off for rookies in service to others. Confrontation without the aforementioned components is not only ineffective, but can turn into a negative outcome for both client and server. Engagement with others who need our help also is much more successful when we set aside the results or outcome of our service to others. It is not up to us. If we engage others in conversations that offer sincere support, listening to their response, concerns, perspectives, without judgment, and have the intention of helping that person get better, solve their issue, assist them in some way that makes their life better, then we have successfully met them and helped them.

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed” – Maya Angelou

About Futures Recovery Healthcare

Futures Recovery Healthcare is a specialized addiction and co-occurring mental health disorder treatment provider with residential and outpatient programs in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Contact Futures Recovery Healthcare

701 Old Dixie Hwy Tequesta FL 33469 United States

(561) 475-1804

Website: https://futuresrecoveryhealthcare.com/

The post Staff Perspective: Serving Others appeared first on Midwest.

from WordPress https://ift.tt/34I0cuK via Midwest Register