Motivational Interviewing emphasizes relationship-building with empathy, curiosity, and collaboration. Clinical supervisors can apply motivational interviewing techniques to the learning and development stages of their supervisees. As the clinicians grow and advance in their skills, supervisors can adapt Motivational Interviewing approaches to collaborate with their process of learning and growth. This exciting blog article, written by Dayna Guido, outlines the stages of learning and applicable methods from Motivational Interviewing for each step.
Dayna Guido, MSW, LCSW, ACSW has over 40 years of experience as clinical social worker, clinical supervisor, and trainer. She is the author of Creative Ways to Learn Ethics: An Experiential Training Manual for Helping Professionals and The Parental Tool Box: For Parents and Clinicians. Guido taught for 23 years in graduate programs and is in private practice in Asheville, NC specializing in providing clinical supervision and ethical consults. She currently leads virtual supervision groups for fully licensed clinicians and supervision groups for supervisors.
Using expressive arts in therapy, supervision, and training is one of the ways Dayna keeps her own skills evolving and fresh. Recently she developed The Ethical Courage Decision Making Model and is now expanding the idea of Intuitive Mindfulness and how it can be used in clinical settings.
