In January’s Issue 35 we explored the Righting Reflex – the part of us that wants ‘good things’ for our client and the paradoxical impact this desire may have on promoting unhelpful behaviours for our ambivalent clients.
We can manage our Righting Reflex by many skillful means. One such means is being able to attend to the ‘change language’ of our client. In this issue we are going to take a toe dip into what we mean by change language to equip you with some starting points if you are practising implementing MI into your counselling skill repertoire. Read on for more…