Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a novel approach to counseling that assists individuals to work through their ambivalence about behavior change and unearth their intrinsic motivation to change. As opposed to more traditional patient education approaches that "push" motivation, in MI the counselor uses techniques such as reflective listening and values clarification to help clients write their own advertisement for change; to "pull" motivation. The presentation will address: 1) An introduction to MI: Its spirit and essential strategies 2) Discussion of how MI can be applied in behavioral health settings 3) Introduction to key MI skills including reflecting listening and open ended questions 4) Eliciting change talk 5) Developing discrepancy.

<a href="http://chcr.umich.edu/who_we_are/people/person.2005-04-12.3473287151/person_view"><b>Ken Resnicow</b></a> is a Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at University of Michigan School of Public Health. His research interests include: the design and evaluation of health promotion programs for special populations, particularly cardiovascular and cancer prevention interventions for African Americans; understanding the relationship between ethnicity and health behaviors;
substance use prevention and harm reduction; motivational interviewing for chronic disease prevention; Type II diabetes prevention, and comprehensive school health programs. Current studies include: Healthy
Body Healthy Spirit an NHLBI-funded intervention to increase physical activity and fruit and vegetable among African Americans recruited through Black churches using motivational interviewing; GO GIRLS, an NHLBI funded study to develop an obesity prevention program for overweight African American adolescent females; Body and Soul, an NIH/ACS collaboration to disseminate proven cancer control interventions using lay health advisors: a FOGARTY/NIH study to develop smoking prevention programs for South African Youth; and an NCI-funded project to test the impact of ethnic tailoring of dietary intervention materials. He has conducted MI workshops for numerous universities, research and practitioner groups worldwide as well as
health voluntary (e.g., American Dietetics Association, Academy of Pediatrics) and government agencies including NIH (NIDDK, NICHD) and CDC.<a href="http://chcr.umich.edu/who_we_are/people/person.2005-04-12.3473287151/person_view"></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span><br>