Ep 82 – MI at Home

Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast

Ep 82 – MI at Home

August 05, 2024

Episode 82 – MI at Home

Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Stephen Rollnick, PhD to the podcast to discuss the application of MI to conversations with family members. Steve is a clinical psychologist and Honorary Distinguished Professor in the School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK, and a co-founder of motivational interviewing.

He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa and lives in Cardiff, Wales. He was a practising psychologist in the UK National Health Service for 16 years, and then became a teacher and researcher on the subject of communication and behaviour change.

MI at Home

He has authored and co-authored books on motivational interviewing (Miller & Rollnick, 1991; 2001; 2012), and on applications in health care (Rollnick, Mason & Butler, 1999; Rollnick, Miller & Butler, 2007; 2022), schools (Rollnick, Kaplan & Rutschman, 2016) and sport (Rollnick, Fader, Breckon & Moyers, 2019).

He has published widely in scientific journals and has taught practitioners in many countries and continents. He has retired from his academic career and now focuses on projects in elite sport and healthcare.

Episode Index:

00:00 – Episode preview

07:18 – MI at home – where the idea started

13:08 – Steve’s story about working with mothers with babies infected with AIDS

20:00 – Steve recalls an article about MI at home written by his son Jake as a young man

27:30 – What else is there to change besides behavior?

46:50 – The importance of “restraint”

59:00 – Conversations with others at home (not just kids)

1:07:50 – Steve’s work with first responders and elite sportsmen

1:11:46 – End of episode

Contact information

Website: www.stephenrollnick.com