Understanding Motivational Interviewing
Hi, I’m Hillary Bolter
LCSW, LCAS
Member, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
At Bolter Consulting, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!
Latest Articles
Don’t Do New Year’s Resolutions!
Welcome to 2022!!! And what has changed exactly? Today is just another day. Another Tuesday. Another month. Another New Year in a pandemic. Another strain of COVID. Another year wondering if you’ll have the energy to pull it all together for yourself,...
Be a Good Guide
Motivational Interviewing is a guiding style of communication. When I talk about this in my trainings, I love using a video by Bill Miller, one of the founders of Motivational Interviewing, because it refers to MI in terms of “being a good guide.” Let's...
Do you have a client stuck in hole?
I remember one training participant who shared about his work with a client that was really struggling with depression and lack of motivation. He said, “I’m just trying to get him out of that hole! I keep telling him what to do and cheering him along, it’s just...
Is there a place for Self Disclosure in Motivational Interviewing?
I was facilitating one of the advanced MI Uplevel sessions the other day, and a participant asked about the relationship between Motivational Interviewing and peer coaching. She named that those in the peer support coaching realm utilize self-disclosure as an...
It’s all about the Values!
What exactly is a value? By definition, values are…. "a person's principles or standards of behavior, one's judgment of what is important in life". When I work with coaching clients, I always ask them to engage in an activity that helps them sort through...
We Find What We Are Looking For
I have a story for you today, and I’m curious about your response! Here is the parable: A Wise man is sitting at the gate of a large city… A traveler approaches him and says, “Sir, I am new here. Could you tell me the kind of people that live in...
Are your clients stuck?
Let’s change that!
Hi, I’m Hillary Bolter.
At Bolter Consulting, Motivational Interviewing is our passion. Motivational Interviewing will help you become more effective and efficient as you support clients’ change!