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Motivational Interviewing Tools Overview

This document outlines three motivational interviewing tools: 1. Using a 1-10 scale to assess a client's motivation and confidence to make changes, and discussing their ratings to explore reasons for ambivalence. 2. Visualizing preferred futures to focus on clients' hopes rather than what they want to avoid, and imagining small signs of improvement rather than how to "get there." 3. Addressing the pros and cons of change versus staying the same by exploring benefits and barriers to change, and replacing positives of current behavior with healthier alternatives.

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Motivational Interviewing Tools Overview

This document outlines three motivational interviewing tools: 1. Using a 1-10 scale to assess a client's motivation and confidence to make changes, and discussing their ratings to explore reasons for ambivalence. 2. Visualizing preferred futures to focus on clients' hopes rather than what they want to avoid, and imagining small signs of improvement rather than how to "get there." 3. Addressing the pros and cons of change versus staying the same by exploring benefits and barriers to change, and replacing positives of current behavior with healthier alternatives.

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  • Motivational Interviewing Tools
  • Tool 2: Visualise Preferred Futures/ Best Hopes
  • Tool 3: Motivation to change versus the motivation to stay as you are

Motivational Interviewing Tools

Tool 1
Helping clients shift in motivation

“On a scale of 1-10, how important is it for you to make changes to


…your eating habits etc”

“On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you of being able to make
such a change?”

1 10

Not important Very important


Not confident Not important
[Link] eating healthily Eating healthily

• “Why have you placed yourself there?”

• “Why not lower?”

• “What would be happening if you found yourself 1 or 2 points


higher?”

Repeat the scale question at each session as it can aid reflection


on positive changes and indicate when they want to finish with a
professional.
Tool 2
Visualise Preferred futures/ best hopes.

The emphasis is on:


‘What do you want?’ rather than ‘what don’t you want.?’
‘What will be the first small signs that things are improving?’ not
“how would you get there

• Think about what might happen if you do change.

“What would be the first change you would notice?”

“What would it be like for you?”

“How might things be different?”

• Imagine if you stay as you are.

“How might things be in the future?”

“What might be different ?”


Tool 3
Motivation to change versus the motivation to stay as you are

Addressing the Pros and Cons of change


The client needs the opportunity to explore the good things and not
so good things that come from making changes.

• The benefits need to outweigh the negatives


“What would be 3 best benefits to you personally of……..?”What else?”

• Blocks and barriers need to be addressed, building on


the confidence to change – coping strategies
“Shall we explore some coping strategies to deal with these blocks?”

• The good things about current behaviour that will be


missed with ‘change’ need to be replaced with
something that gives the same positives without the
‘risk’
“What would give you the same positives without the risks.?”

Positives of change Negatives of changing

Negatives of not changing Positives of staying as you


are

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