May 21, 2021 I am announcing today that I have set up the Molly Kellogg Nutrition Counseling Fund through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. The fund will help advance counseling skills excellence in the dietetic profession by providing…

January, 2021 Dear friends and colleagues: 2020 has been a year of reckoning for many of us. We’ve been forced to shift much about how we live and work. For me, the timing has been perfect to step back and…

The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it. Helen Keller The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them. Sir William Bragg…

  Many of our clients come to us with what sound like clear health goals. They may want to eat healthier, get off blood pressure medication, or fuel up for the next marathon. When a client has stated the direction…

  This tip originated in a conversation I had with a couple of participants in my Motivational Interviewing training, and then other colleagues chimed in to add depth. It began as we realized that the recent proliferation of communication platforms…

  I got a question recently about adapting Motivational Interviewing to other cultures, especially with Hispanic clients in a WIC clinic. The dietitian had noticed that some clients didn’t seem to understand the idea of setting a goal. She asked…

  We all have our ups and downs. Some days we wake up clear-headed and ready to take on the world. Our work flows easily, we feel confident, and we get positive feedback from those around us. And then there…

    Motivational Interviewing is powerful in enhancing motivation to change. This happens when the counselor listens for and brings out preparatory change talk (desire, ability, reasons, and need). When enough of these have been said, the client may naturally…

Is a motivational interview an appropriate process to use when talking with a person who is considering using your services and has not yet decided? To answer this question, let’s look carefully at motivational interviewing.