stephenrollnick

Dear Colleagues,

I gace a plenary talk with Bill Miller in Stockholm recently at the 2nd ICMI conference (International Coniference on Motivational Interviewing). We gave an overview of a "new" framework for MI that we are going to build the 3rd edition of the basic Mi text around, to be published in 2011 (its not written yet)>

ThenI got lots of emails and queries about this framework.  So here is a very brioef account that can be amplified if you so wish, just ask!

ENGAGE: process no 1.  Use core skills like listening to engage the person. The system around you can undermine or enhance engagement too. No point in proceeding with any useful helping without engagement.

GUIDE: process no 2. Help the person work out what direction they would like to take, what change they would like to address.  Agenda-setting is a core task and skill. identify a change topic.

EVOKE: process no 3.  This is where MI skills are used to evoke the persons own sense of how and why tey might change. You elicit and reinforce change talk.

PLAN: process no 4.  here you use the same core skills to help someone formulate a change plan that is specific and achieveable.

They are not stages, but you couldnt get going with 3 & 4 without 1 & 2 intact.

OK. More if you want this.

Steve