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Acceptance is an vital part of working with ourselves and others - but its importance is too often overlooked in the helping profession.

What is mindfulness, and why is it so often used as a therapy intervention? This article explores the often elusive nature of this buzzword.

This article explores the practice of venting and impacts that it can have on us. Venting is a common human behavior - the act of expressing frustration, anger, or other negative emotions, often to friends, family, or colleagues. While it may feel good in the moment, research suggests that venting can have complex effects on our emotional well-being and relationships.

The skills of compassion and empathy used in Motivational Interviewing can be applied to a variety of roles including supervision, leadership, and even academic advising - here is how!

Conversations about difference, diversity, and equity can be difficult. The L.A.R.A. approach provides us some structure in engaging in these challenging conversations.

What is the deal with microaggressions, and what can I do about it? This article explores how to use microaffirmations and the impact of microagressions.

Exploring how the ability to receive and integrate feedback is essential for developing cultural humility in therapeutic and training contexts.

A guide for MI trainers on incorporating cultural humility principles to create more inclusive and effective training environments.

An examination of how Compassion Focused Therapy principles can be integrated with Motivational Interviewing to enhance therapeutic outcomes.

Exploring how Mindful Self Compassion enhances Motivational Interviewing practice by supporting practitioner well-being and therapeutic effectiveness.

An exploration of how Motivational Interviewing can be enhanced through the integration of belonging, inclusion, liberation psychology, and cultural humility principles.

In the realm of therapeutic practice, the integration of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and the Inquiry Method represents a powerful convergence of evidence-based approaches.

Being a compassionate mess means that we take the stance of a lifelong learner who will definitely make clumsy mistakes along the way. Finally the aspiration of becoming a cultural compassionate mess calls us to work with our own difficult emotions that arise as we explore taboo topics such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation and the like – these emotions will arise and we can respond to them with kindness and understanding.

This article explores Macro MI as described by Avruch & Shaia. The article discusses terms such as structural competency, socially engineered trauma, and working with macro issues in the micro setting. Stigma, oppression, and social justice are discussed in the community mental health and substance use settings.