Post a reflection on the clinician’s integration of motivational interviewing processes and core skills into his conversation with the client. 

• Watch the Using Motivational Interviewing Approaches video (RNAO Communications, 2015). Pay close attention to the clinician's use of motivational interviewing processes and core skills as he talks with Nathan about his substance use and misuse. 

• Describe two examples from the video where you saw evidence of a motivational interviewing process (engaging, focusing, evoking or planning) and explain how they impacted the conversation with the client.  

• Describe two examples from the video where you saw evidence of a motivational interviewing core skill (open questions, affirmation, reflecting, or summarizing) and explain how they impacted the conversation with the client. 

• Explain how the clinician’s use of motivational interviewing might impact the next steps in the treatment process. 

• RNAO Communications. (2015). Using motivational interviewing approachesLinks to an external site. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQzrx7JmUkM