Motivation News: Cultural Sensitivity

Motivation News

Published by Cathy Cole, MSSW, LCSW Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, Inc.

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There is an unauthorized MI book being marketing by amazon.com. I am including the link. Please read the comments of Drs. Miller and Rollnick in the review section before you make a decision on purchase. This book will not provide you with the depth of MI teaching available in the MI texts that are published by Guilford Press. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Outlines-Highlights-Motivational-Interviewing-9781572305632/dp/1428885285/ref=sr116?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264688636&sr=8-16

February 2010

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Cultural Sensitivity

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Newsletter

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Welcome to Motivation News, a newsletter devoted to clinical information on the use of a Motivational Interviewing (MI) approach to change. The authors of this approach, William Miller, PhD and Stephen Rollnick, PhD define MI as a 'client centered, directive method for enhancing an intrinsic motivation for change by exploring and resolving ambivalence". This collaborative approach to working with clients has wide application in mental health, the justice system, addictions, health care and health education. Information in this newsletter is taken from various source material from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and specifically from the book Motivational Interviewing, Preparing People for Change; Miller and Rollnick, 2nd edition, 2002, Guilford Press. Additional source material: Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems, ed. Arkowitz, Westra, Miller, and Rollnick, Guilford 2007; Motivational Interviewing In Health Care, Rollnick, Miller, and Butler, Guilford, 2007.

Cultural Sensitivity

Motivational Interviewing has been shown to be effective with groups in the cultural minority. This is likely due to MI Spirit which is the basis of all client interactions. Spirit involves partnering, eliciting, and autonomy.

There is a great deal of work occurring in the area of obesity in general and in childhood/teen obesity. Cultural sensitivity is critical as professionals begin conversations with families and attending to MI Spirit provides an excellent guideline.

Partnering: as a beginning place, partnering has to address the issue of importance. The health professional is convinced of the importance of adapting new ways of eating, more exercise, less tv/video game time. However, in attending to cultural sensitivity, importance has to be addressed based on the view of the family system on whether family health problems exist at all or whether is a belief that a change in lifestyle will make a difference in prevention or improvement. Many families relate to size not as a problem. The conversation has to address desire, reasons, and need.

Eliciting: the basis of learning about importance and also determining possible barriers for making changes. One group, working with a minority group living in an impoverished area, provided cameras for documentation on environmental problems impeding healthier lifestyles. Having conversations on the types of food suggested, how they fit or not into the culture of the family, how those foods are viewed re: interest/acceptability/convenience demonstrates cultural sensitivity.

Autonomy: noting that when the client system leaves the office, they will make the final decisions. Cultural sensitivity in this area means we honor the family system, ask about their values, explore the ways that individual choice is accepted or not.

In using MI to address matters of cultural sensitivity, we are likely to increase the partnering with the clients and increase the possibility of change.

Next month, I'll do a demo conversation.

Keep Practicing!

Cathy