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What is the definition of MI? ✔Correct Answer-MI is the gold standard method of inquiry for
coaches to use in the case of a client knowing they should do something, but then again, they
just aren't sure they want to even try. (Meg Jordan)
Who originally proposed MI? ✔Correct Answer-Clinical psychologist: William Miller, PhD, and
Stephen Rollnick, PhD
What are the 12 central principles of MI? ✔Correct Answer-1. Explore client's personal
motivation
2. Show empathy
3. Identify discrepancies
4. Roll with resistance
5. assist self-efficacy
6. Validate and affirm "change talk"
7. Foster Autonomy
8. Ask open-ended questions
9. Ask close-ended questions
10. Avoid asking "why"
11. Use scaling
12. Avoid being an expert and resist the Righting Reflex
What is change talk? ✔Correct Answer-1. Change talk is the golden prize of MI
2. What the coach is constantly on alert for
3. The first inkling within the spoken words of a client that they are moving toward change
What is counterchange talk? ✔Correct Answer-Statements for resisting change and
maintaining status quo
What is sustain talk? ✔Correct Answer-The way ambivalence is expressed
Listen to it, but don't curtail it
The client is working through these expected ups and downs, and learning to shift in valuing
what is important to them.
Before you begin a health coaching session, remind yourself: ✔Correct Answer-1. You are
coaching a whole person who doesn't need fixing, is not broken, has a lifetime of inner
resources, and an untapped range of external supports ready to be mined
2. Goals, agenda, style of coaching, and accountability all comes from the client
3. Determine if the first session is semi-directive or non-directive