MI TERMS & STUDY GUIDE NBHWC EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
4 Central components of MI ~CORRECT ANSWER~Acceptance,
compassion, evocation, partnership
Activation language ~CORRECT ANSWER~mobilizing change talk
towards action, falls short of commitment language. ie. Ready, willing,
considering
Acceptance ~CORRECT ANSWER~Coach communicates self-worth,
accurate empathy, affirmation, and autonomy support.
Agenda Mapping ~CORRECT ANSWER~short focusing
metaconversation where you step back and client chooses a direction from
several options.
Agreement with a twist ~CORRECT ANSWER~A reflection, affirmation,
or accord followed by a reframe
Ambivalence ~CORRECT ANSWER~Simultaneous presence of
competing motivations for and against change.
,Amplified Reflection ~CORRECT ANSWER~Coach reflects with greater
intensity than client expressed. A form of response to sustain talk or
discord.
Assessment Trap ~CORRECT ANSWER~Error of beginning consultation
with expert info. gathering at cost of not listening to client's concerns.
Autonomy Support ~CORRECT ANSWER~1 of 4 aspects of acceptance as
a component of MI. Interviewer accepts and confirms client's irrevocable
right to self-determination and choice.
Blaming Trap ~CORRECT ANSWER~The clinical error of focusing on
blame or fault-finding rather than change
CAT ~CORRECT ANSWER~Acronym for 3 subtypes of client mobilizing
change talk: Commitment, Activation, Taking Steps
Change Talk ~CORRECT ANSWER~Any client speech that favors
movement toward a particular change goal.
Chat trap ~CORRECT ANSWER~the clinical error of engaging in
excessive small talk and informal chat that does not further the processes of
engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning.
, Coming Alongside ~CORRECT ANSWER~A response to persistent
sustain talk or discord in which the interviewer accepts and reflects the
client's theme.
Commitment Language ~CORRECT ANSWER~Client mobilizing change
talk that reflects intention or disposition to carry out change. Verbs: Will,
do, going to.
Compassion ~CORRECT ANSWER~One of the 4 central components of
MI. Coach acts benevolently giving priority to client needs and welfare.
Complex Reflection ~CORRECT ANSWER~An interviewer reflection that
adds additional or different meaning beyond what the client has just said; a
guess as to what the client may have meant.
Confidence Talk ~CORRECT ANSWER~Change talk that particularly
bespeaks ability to change.
Continuing the paragraph ~CORRECT ANSWER~A method of reflective
listening in which the counselor offers what might be the next (as yet
unspoken) sentence in the client's paragraph.
DARN ~CORRECT ANSWER~An acronym for four subtypes of client
preparatory change talk: desire, ability, reason, and need
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
4 Central components of MI ~CORRECT ANSWER~Acceptance,
compassion, evocation, partnership
Activation language ~CORRECT ANSWER~mobilizing change talk
towards action, falls short of commitment language. ie. Ready, willing,
considering
Acceptance ~CORRECT ANSWER~Coach communicates self-worth,
accurate empathy, affirmation, and autonomy support.
Agenda Mapping ~CORRECT ANSWER~short focusing
metaconversation where you step back and client chooses a direction from
several options.
Agreement with a twist ~CORRECT ANSWER~A reflection, affirmation,
or accord followed by a reframe
Ambivalence ~CORRECT ANSWER~Simultaneous presence of
competing motivations for and against change.
,Amplified Reflection ~CORRECT ANSWER~Coach reflects with greater
intensity than client expressed. A form of response to sustain talk or
discord.
Assessment Trap ~CORRECT ANSWER~Error of beginning consultation
with expert info. gathering at cost of not listening to client's concerns.
Autonomy Support ~CORRECT ANSWER~1 of 4 aspects of acceptance as
a component of MI. Interviewer accepts and confirms client's irrevocable
right to self-determination and choice.
Blaming Trap ~CORRECT ANSWER~The clinical error of focusing on
blame or fault-finding rather than change
CAT ~CORRECT ANSWER~Acronym for 3 subtypes of client mobilizing
change talk: Commitment, Activation, Taking Steps
Change Talk ~CORRECT ANSWER~Any client speech that favors
movement toward a particular change goal.
Chat trap ~CORRECT ANSWER~the clinical error of engaging in
excessive small talk and informal chat that does not further the processes of
engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning.
, Coming Alongside ~CORRECT ANSWER~A response to persistent
sustain talk or discord in which the interviewer accepts and reflects the
client's theme.
Commitment Language ~CORRECT ANSWER~Client mobilizing change
talk that reflects intention or disposition to carry out change. Verbs: Will,
do, going to.
Compassion ~CORRECT ANSWER~One of the 4 central components of
MI. Coach acts benevolently giving priority to client needs and welfare.
Complex Reflection ~CORRECT ANSWER~An interviewer reflection that
adds additional or different meaning beyond what the client has just said; a
guess as to what the client may have meant.
Confidence Talk ~CORRECT ANSWER~Change talk that particularly
bespeaks ability to change.
Continuing the paragraph ~CORRECT ANSWER~A method of reflective
listening in which the counselor offers what might be the next (as yet
unspoken) sentence in the client's paragraph.
DARN ~CORRECT ANSWER~An acronym for four subtypes of client
preparatory change talk: desire, ability, reason, and need
