MOTIVATION COACHING & CLIENT SUCCESS
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING EVEN IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, YOU COULD EASILY FIGURE OUT WHAT IT MEANS. “Motivation” refers to the ability to inspire and empower others. Combine motivation with interviewing skills and you have Motivational Interviewing (MI) – an evidence-based interviewing 48 canfitpro November/December 2023
technique designed to motivate clients to change behaviour. As a formal definition; “MI is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change
within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.” Originally created in 1983 by two psychologists, William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, as a counselling intervention to motivate people recovering from alcohol addiction to change behaviour, MI has since been embraced across the helping professions, including the fitness
