Where is her ambivalence coming from?  Why do you think it is there? Write one sentence for each letter of OARS that you could use with her. How could you use MI’s process of “evoking” to help her resolve any ambivalence and encourage her in a direction of change?

Discussion Thread: “Evoking” in Motivational Interviewing

Instructions

On Marci, discuss with your classmates:
Give an example of Marci’s “change talk.”
Give an example of Marci’s “sustain talk.”
Where is her ambivalence coming from?  Why do you think it is there?
Write one sentence for each letter of OARS that you could use with her.
How could you use MI’s process of “evoking” to help her resolve any ambivalence and encourage her in a direction of change?
Try to find two Scriptural references that could apply to the process of evoking, and how you would seek to use them in working with Marci.