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a blog about compassion, motivational interviewing, learning and growing
by Jesse Jonesberg (Berg)

Accepting Feedback: a Core Skill in the Practice of Cultural Humility

7/18/2018

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As someone who thinks a lot about using intentional communication to help others, I have often thought about the idea of feedback. When I served as a supervisor, I thought long and hard about how to talk with team members about their performance in a way that was helpful. As a Motivational Interviewing (MI) trainer, I have tried many ways of communicating to training participants about their use of MI skills. As an instructor/advisor of graduate students, I frequently experiment with different strategies when helping students identify areas of growth and strengths in their professional development. I have thought a lot about giving feedback, but it was not until recently that I had thought about how I receive feedback. After reading Thanks For the Feedback, I am convinced that intentionally receiving feedback is an important and often overlooked aspect in the feedback process. I think that in regards to the practice of cultural humility, the skill of receiving feedback is even more important than the skill of giving feedback.


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Microaggressions, Microaffirmations, and Motivational Interviewing

12/30/2017

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​I recently attended a training where we talked a lot about micro-aggressions on college campuses (Dela Pena, Travers, Welch, 2017). It was during this training that I first learned of the term micro-affirmations. In the world of Motivational Interviewing (MI) we talk a lot about intentional affirmations as statements highlighting a person’s characteristics, values, and hard work. Unlike these “macro affirmations” offered in MI, micro affirmations are more nuanced and subtle and they aim to validate experiences of others within a power structure. Since attending this training and learning a bit more about micro affirmations and micro aggressions, I think that those of us practicing MI and other helping strategies would do well to consider using some of these ideas in our approaches. In this article I will discuss the idea of micro-aggressions. Then I will focus a bit on what micro-affirmations are and some ways to use them. Finally, I will discuss some ways that these ideas may be included in an MI training.


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Challenging Conversations and Complex Compassion: Revisiting the LARA (Listen Affirm Respond Add) Guidelines for Use in Diversity Dialogues

3/4/2017

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​Communicating with someone with a different viewpoint can be challenging, and most of us can understand this from experience. Maybe you dabbled in politics at the thanksgiving table with family members who have drastically different perspectives on the role of government than your own. Perhaps you have experience sharing some religious differences with someone who was equally convicted of their faith (or lack thereof). Heck, for some people bringing up the success of a rival sports team can set the tone for an angry exchange of words. 


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Motivational Advising: Motivational Interviewing and the Role of the Academic Advisor.

1/2/2017

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​Recently I started a new position at a local university as an Applied Learning Facilitator in the Office of Field Education for graduate level social work students. Naturally as a Motivational Interviewing (MI) enthusiast, I immediately looked for ways to incorporate my MI passion into my new job. One of my primary roles in this position is to act as a field advisor to practicum students, and I believe that MI could fit quite naturally in the 30 minute advising appointments that I have with students. I believe that by utilizing some MI skills and the MI spirit, an advisor such as myself can be more student-centered and more effective in helping students in their professional growth and development. What follows is a review of some literature written on using MI in advising-type roles, and toward the end of this article I have included some of my thoughts on how I and other advisors might use MI in the advising appointment.


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Is Venting Helpful? Emotional Venting, Compassion and Our Minds.

7/22/2016

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​Venting. We all do it from time to time. Is it helpful? In this article I explore the idea of venting. I strongly believe that venting “negative” emotions such as anger, hatred, resentment or jealousy can be harmful, and that venting has little to no helpful purpose in these cases. I argue that venting negative emotions can cause harm to ourselves, our friends and family, and our communities. 


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Mindfulness: An Exploration of Mindfulness in Therapeutic Approaches

5/7/2016

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​Mindfulness has been trending in popular western culture recently. It is promoted as almost a panacea; mindfulness is said to help with everything from pain management to burnout prevention to psychotherapy and self-help. Indeed, the latest research indicates that mindfulness can play a part in helping folks with a variety of conditions such as obesity, anxiety, and even preschool learning outcomes – so clearly this mindfulness trend is not only hype (for more information on latest research see American Mindfulness Research Association). This article will first explore  manifestations of mindfulness in some of the "third wave" therapeutic approaches, and will conclude with a description of some ways that mindfulness is an important (yet not explicit) part of good Motivational Interviewing (MI) practice.


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Applied Acceptance: Accepting Ourselves and Accepting Others in the Helping Profession

3/13/2016

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Acceptance 
The term acceptance is common across many therapeutic modalities. Acceptance is one of the 4 processes of the spirit of Motivational Interviewing (MI), it is one of the 6 core therapeutic processes of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and radical acceptance is a key component of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).


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Cultural Humility and Motivational Interviewing: Adding Context to Change.

12/9/2015

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Diversity, inclusion, compassion, integrity and mindfulness are some of my core values as an individual, trainer and clinician. The values of inclusion, compassion and mindfulness have driven me to the mental health field and to motivational interviewing. The values of diversity and integrity drew me towards the social justice field and to facilitating diversity dialogues. Cultural Humility (CH) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) seem like a natural fit to me. They compliment each other, and when combined I think that these two concepts make each other more whole and more effective.


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An Exploration of Empathy

7/28/2015

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I had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Dr. Miller in September of 2014 at Washington University in St. Louis that focused on the recent trends in opiate abuse. Speakers present at this lecture discussed the demographic shifts in opiate abuse, the underlying economic drivers that contributed to the issue, and the need for an increased focus on this crisis among medical professionals. Dr. Miller was the final presenter and he focused solely on one concept: Empathy. 



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    Jesse Jonesberg (Berg) is a mental health professional, field advisor, trainer, and MINT member. He is passionate about issues of mental health, diversity and motivational interviewing. 

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