What is reflective listening in motivational interviewing?

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In motivational interviewing, reflective listening is the primary skill used to demonstrate empathy, interest and understanding. Reflective listening begins with an interest in what the client has to say and a desire to truly understand how the client thinks.

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Reflections are an important aspect of reflective listening. Reflecting in motivational Interviewing (MI) involves listening to the patient and then making statements not asking the patient questions (Rosengren, 2009). Reflections also go beyond parroting what the patient has said and try to get to deeper meaning.

One may also ask, what are summaries in motivational interviewing? Summaries can be used for multiple purposes: Highlight important aspects of the discussion. Shift the direction of conversations that have become “stuck”. Highlight both sides of an individuals ambivalence about change. Communicate interest and understanding of an individuals perspective.

Subsequently, question is, what is reflective listening skills?

Reflective listening is a communication strategy involving two key steps: seeking to understand a speakers idea, then offering the idea back to the speaker, to confirm the idea has been understood correctly. Reflective listening is a more specific strategy than the more general methods of active listening.

What are the 4 principles of motivational interviewing?

Five Principles of Motivational Interviewing

• Express empathy through reflective listening.
• Develop discrepancy between clients goals or values and their current behavior.
• Avoid argument and direct confrontation.
• Adjust to client resistance rather than opposing it directly.
• Support self-efficacy and optimism.