Motivational Interviewing – A model for coaching psychology practice

This is the first in a series of papers to look at Motivational Interviewing as an approach suitable for use with coaching clients. This paper presents a brief overview of Motivational interviewing (MI) for readers unfamiliar with MI and directs readers to other sources for a fuller account. The paper aims to set the scene from a practitioner perspective for subsequent papers in this and future issues withinThe Coaching Psychologist in the Techniques Section, rather than offer a detailed account of MI’s application in coaching. Each of these subsequent papers will present a short description of a technique suitable for working with a coachee’s ambivalence.