Ever get stuck working with a client?
What makes a client a ‘difficult’ client?

What might be going on inside you
that makes the conversation challenging?

Does this video look familiar to you?

The MI Feelings Forum 
is a place where we come together to explore our 
feelings and our avoidance of things that come up in MI conversations
with Sky Kershner, LPC, LCSW, MINT Certified Trainer

For the Next Meeting

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Sky Kershner is an Associate Professor at WVU School of Medicine, where he teaches Psychodynamics and Motivational Interviewing. Sky is an Approved Supervisor for AAMFT, a MINT Certified Trainer in Motivational Interviewing, a Member of the IEDTA, and serves on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Contemporary ISTDP.  www.wv-mi.com

More info on MI Inside: Working with Ambivalence regarding Emotions

Getting unstuck working with a ‘difficult’ client

Affect Phobia case formulations and MI approaches

Working with clients and ourselves around our feelings, anxieties, and defenses

MI is a behavior oriented approach (MI Outside)
That has applications for doing deeper internal work (MI Inside)

Working with Emotional Ambivalence and Fear of Feelings
Attachment-Based, Emotion-Focused, Motivational Interviewing