Motivational Interviewing Paper

The motivational interviewing video provided discusses a client discussing a plan and consolidating commitment with a client. One topic related to that is envisioning. This may look like resistance, but it suggests not directly that the individual is thinking forward to what life would be like if they did make a change. The most common type of envisioning is for the client to see the problems with changing. Another form of envision would be positive envision. The therapist may also ask hypothetical questions such as, “Let’s picture what it would be like if you stopped smoking.”
A therapist shouldn’t assume ambivalence is over at this point, and he or she shouldn’t jump to a simple solution. It is important to involve the client actively in