Motivational Interviewing & Beyond

In the episode Steve, Joel and guests Stan, Brendan and others explore the upper limits of caring for others. We talk about Compassion Focused Therapy, self-compassion, compassion vs. empathy, therapist shame, vicarious trauma  and more. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we enjoyed having it!

In this episode we explored the universe of virtual learning and training with Susan Dopart (USA) and Ken McMaster (New Zealand) . How has COVID fast tracked and required us to adapt to a new teaching, training and learning environment? We were also joined by Pip Mason, Steve Berg-Smith and Onna Brewer to further explore the personal challenges of moving from training in the room to training in cy...

In this episode Joel and Steve are joined by Russell Calderwood (Wales), Fredrik Eliasson (Sweden), Margo Bristow (USA) and Brendan Murphy (Ireland) to take deep dive in role of supporting autonomy while helping people change. 

This episode starts with Madtv 's clip Stop It  with Bob Newhart and Mo Collins. Afterwards, Joel and Steve are joined by colleagues Andrew Brownhill, Orla Adams and Judith Carpenter to explore what advice and feedback actually are. Is it a task to be done, a skill to learn or art form? Steve provides a live demonstration of he offers advice and feedback. There are questions and comments from...

This Episode focuses in on the role of empathy in sport.  We had three guests that are involved with working with professional athletes who are trying to change the culture of who athletes both young and old are  treated by coaches.  Does empathy have a place in sport? How can empathy support optimal performance? Is coaching about more than just winning? 

Our flagship episode of Motivational Interviewing & Beyond (MIB) was focused on the importance of listening in this time of uncertainty. As we found our way into learning how to do a webinar and inviting people to join, we covered a lot conversational ground.  

Steve and Joel have a robust conversations with experts in vaccinology, diabetes, motivational interviewing and general medicine on vaccinations, ambivalence and hesitancy. There is a MI demonstration of how to approach the topic and questions from the audience in this episode. 

Joel and Steve along with Allan Zuckoff, Terri Moyers, Chris Wagner and Kathy Goumas explore the topic of psychotherapy integration. This lively conversation covers a lot ground  from the history of therapy integration to what makes an effective therapist. There are spontaneous  appearances and questions from the audience.