Motivational Interviewing Process Analysis

Motivational interviewing is an interview between two people to help an individual understand and change a behavior that they are not happy with. Over the past few days we have been practicing with techniques to change that unwanted behavior. During this process, there was an option to keep the same interviewer and interviewee, but using different people makes the interview interesting by understanding others behaviors, and how they are motivated to make a change. But not only how they are motivated to change, but how they can provide skills to help us change as well. Motivational interviewing has four basic techniques. Open questions, Affirmation, Reflective listening, and summary reflection. Listening and eye contact are key components in motivational interviewing.

Motivational observation has four basic principles, expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, rolling with resistance, and supporting self-efficacy. When you express empathy during motivational interviewing, it helps build self-esteem in the interviewee and facilitates change. It also builds a great relationship between the interviewee and interviewer. If the interviewee feels comfortable with their interviewer this interviewing process will go smoothly and the interviewee is more

While taking the role of being an interviewer I had two different interviewees and by being in this position I felt as if I was actually helping each individual with their desire to change. While being the interviewee, it was very uncomfortable for me. It was very difficult for me to express myself and it was very challenging to answer each question effectively. While being the interviewer, I felt it was necessary to know my interviewee on a personal level and understand why they wanted to change that certain behavior. During this interview, I preferred the interviewer role rather than being