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title: "Motivational Interview"
tags: psychology therapy behavior permanent-notes
date: 2021-01-31 20:42:34
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# Motivational Interview

When trying to change someone's mind on something, try to find their own internal reason to change. This can be done by talking to them - asking open ended questions and listening to understand their reasons. You can do this by asking how they plan to implement their philosophy - this will show them the gaps in their understanding of the situation.

Two types of talking...

- Sustain Talk: Conversation about maintaining the current belief.
- Change Talk: They speak about a desire, ability or commitment to make a change in any aspect - the interviewer listens for this and asks the person to elaborate on that.

Do not use this to manipulate - this requires a true desire to understand people's reasons for their actions/beliefs.

[The Science of Reasoning With Unreasonable People](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/change-someones-mind.html)

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### Tags
#psychology #therapy #behavior #permanent-notes