Motivational interviewing, a patient engagement strategy developed by Dr. William Miller, is a core concept in the NSHC’s health coaching educational program.
William Miller’s Motivational Interviewing (MI) originated in the field of behavioral health. This empirical method boasts a high level of reliability and has seen results go beyond the counseling realm and into other areas of healthcare. The purpose of this…
During your initial education session with a patient, what is your main focus? Do you have a checklist of requirements you have to make sure you address? Do you have a series of questions you ask to satisfy your needs…
What is active listening? “Active listening is a structured form of listening and responding that focuses the attention on the speaker” (Huffman, 2009, p. 492). How detrimental can it be to not listen actively? Try listening to someone or something…
As discussed in our most recent blog, change is difficult for people, no matter the reason for the change. We identified several reasons patients resist change, the “Yeah-But Dance” between provider and resistant patient, and the need for a 50/50…