Motivational Interviewing Coaching: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Motivational Interviewing Coaching, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Practices that may help
- Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire. - Develop discrepancy between values and behavior
Gently hold up the gap between what the person wants and what they’re doing.
Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical - Ask "What do you want?"
People often know what they want but haven’t said it — asking directly surfaces it and shifts from complaint to intention.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Powerful open questions at every stage
Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Maintain a high question-to-statement ratio throughout GROW
Ask questions far more often than you offer statements — the coachee’s thinking is the product.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - Close with "What was most useful for you?"
The closing question turns the conversation into a learning that sticks — and teaches you what is actually valuable.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Ask "What’s the real challenge here for you?"
The presenting problem is rarely the actual problem — this question cuts through to what really matters.
The Coaching Habit: Seven Questions to Be More Coach-Like - Clarify the Goal with precision
Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Evoke change talk instead of supplying it
Ask questions that lead the person to voice their own reasons for changing.
Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical - Use OARS to make the person feel understood
Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, Summaries — the four core micro-skills.
Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- They tell me what kind of parent or partner they want to be, and it’s miles from how they’re actually living
- The conversation keeps circling the same complaint without ever landing anywhere, and it slowly dawns on me that the person venting to me has never once said what they actually want to come out of this
- I think I’m asking questions, but they’re really suggestions in disguise
- When I replay my coaching conversations I’m talking way more than the other person
- My conversations just sort of trail off when the time runs out, and people leave with a polite thanks
Related concerns
- Motivational Interviewing Coaches Workbook
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire.
- Motivational Interviewing Health Coaching
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire.
- Motivational Interviewing In Career Coaching
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire.
- Coaching Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire.
- Motivational Interviewing Coaching Book
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire.
- Motivational Interviewing Coaching Model
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative conversation style that strengthens a person’s own motivation for change by drawing out their reasons rather than supplying them. Meta-analyses find small-to-moderate effects across health behaviors — modest on average, but reliably better than confrontational or advice-giving styles, which can backfire.
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