Reflection On Motivational Interviewing

When I first read the criteria for this semester long project I was imagining it to be busy work. After the first assignment I quickly realized it was more than that. This project and class showed me that medicine is not just how much biology, chemistry, or anatomy is known. Rather, in order to be the best possible health professional I need to be able to communicate with others. I found this project to be a precise description of reality, even though my client was my father and I had a personal relationship before the sessions started. If I had to do it again, I would want a client where engaging with him/her is the most important part of the Motivational Interviewing process. In my first reflection I talked about how great I thought I was at listening to my client talk about his or her goals. The first couple of sessions with my client, I thought it was a complete success. The first day we talked about how the professionals needed to allow the patient to do the majority of the talking with very little interruptions, I was astonished. I thought I was already a pro with Motivational Interviewing, but in …show more content…
I can proudly say that I expressed my ideas and thoughts in the right perspective instead of scolding and being disappointed in him. If my client missed a day of working out, I reminded him of everything he accomplished so far and how proud I was for that. One of my biggest strengths is positivity. I like to think I give people motivation to receive the feeling of triumph. The one thing I never did was make my client think I was disappointed or mad that he didn’t finish his daily goal. My client was in the maintenance stage of the Stages of Change model and he basically already had a pretty wholesome idea of what he wanted and needed to do. I was able to brainstorm my knowledge and his ideas to come up with a strict and detailed target