RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
“Change Talk” Is Motivational GOLD
NeC-ATTC mission is to build relationships and bridge the gap between research and practice in the public health arena to ensure the advancement of state-of-the-art techniques, evidence- based and promising practices, and supports for non-physician health and human services providers and other practitioners. Most trainings on motivational interviewing (MI) convey the concept of “change talk” as essential to the practice and stop there.
This interactive learning community conversation will review the types of change talk and provide opportunities to practice identifying this truly essential part of the language of ambivalence, along with it’s often vilified counterpart, sustain talk.