Full Description
Written by and for coaches, this groundbreaking book shows how motivational interviewing (MI) can be infused into health and wellness coaching and life coaching to help clients clarify and achieve their goals. Cecilia H. Lanier, Patty Bean, and Stacey C. Arnold concisely explain how the MI spirit, method, and skills mesh perfectly with professional coaching standards and core competencies. The book is packed with concrete examples, sample dialogues that illustrate ways to use MI in coaching conversations, and learning questions and activities. The companion website features 20 downloadable handouts plus an overview of research support for coaching with MI.
Contents
Preface
I. Coach-Approach Parallels with Motivational Interviewing
1. What Is Coaching?
2. Evidence for Coaching with Motivational Interviewing
3. What Is Motivational Interviewing?
II. Practicing Motivational Interviewing in Coaching
4. The Engaging Task and the Four Core Motivational Interviewing Skills
5. The Focusing Task
6. Evoking Motivation
7. How to Evoke
8. Sharing Information and Advice
9. Evoking and Responding to Discord
10. Evoking Hope and Confidence
11.Coaching with Neutrality
12. Planting Seeds of Discrepancy
13. The Planning Task
III. Building Skill and Improving Motivational Interviewing in Coaching
14. Putting It All Together
15. Learning and Improving Coaching with Motivational Interviewing
References
Index
