A highly effective counseling approach used by the team at The Moore Resilient Group, motivational interviewing (MI) helps people explore and resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It involves empathetic listening, collaborative conversation with a therapist, and helping people discover their own unique motivation for positive change. 

It is a practical, empathetic, and short-term process that takes into consideration how difficult it is to make life changes.

It was introduced by psychologist William R. Miller in 1983 and further developed by Miller and psychologist Stephen Rollnick. “The more you try to insert information and advice into others, the more they tend to back off and resist. This was the original insight that generated our search for a more satisfying and effective approach,” Rollnick writes. “Put simply, this involves coming alongside the person and helping them to say why and how they might change for themselves.”