The Psychiatry of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Resilience
“You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.” ― Roy T. Bennett (Zimbabwe)
When learning new skills, such as Motivational Interviewing (MI), self-assessment is crucial in the absence of a supervisor. Here are beginners and comprehensive self-rating forms. Comparing self-ratings to the other person's resistance or openness is a guide to the accuracy of the self-rating.
Motivational Interviewing, developed by Miller and Rollnick for addiction patients, facilitates conversations on change. Emphasizing empathy and "Right Speech" (truthfulness, non-alienation, kindness), it uses principles to navigate the stages of change without resistance. Open-ended questions encourage self-commitment to change. Future content will introduce a self-rating tool derived from a NIDA study to assess how you are doing.