1. UAAC 2019
Motivational Interviewing and Academic Advising: Building a Stronger Connection
Toni Woodman, Central Washington University
Holly Williams, University of California Santa Cruz

2. Learning Outcomes Introduce Motivational Interviewing
UAAC 2019
Learning Outcomes
Introduce Motivational Interviewing
Explore the connections between Motivational Interviewing and student development
Apply Motivational Interviewing to advising interactions

3. Motivational Interviewing
Bill Miller
Stephen Rollnick

4. Foster Change “Helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence”
Rollnick & Miller, 1995; Rollnick & Allison, 2004

5. What changes might a student want to make, but feel ambivalent about?
Ambivalence
Contradictory feelings
"Wanting and not wanting"
“Change may be effortful and enervating”
Challenges beliefs, demands reconfiguration
May be hard for outsider to comprehend
What changes might a student want to make, but feel ambivalent about?
Rollnick & Allison, 2004; Miller and Rollnick, 2013

6. Ambivalence in Advising
Chickering’s Theory of Identity Development
7 vectors
Schlossberg’s Transition Theory
Moving in, moving through, moving out
Evans, 2010; Iarussi 2013

7. Transition Theory Moving Through Moving In Moving Out
Evans, 2010; Iarussi 2013

8. Advisor As Partner
Advisor As Expert ×

9. OARS Interviewing Skills
Tell me more about…
How would things be different if..
Open Ended Questions
I appreciate….
That’s a great idea.
Affirmation
It sounds like…
So you’re wondering if..
Reflective Listening
So, I’ve heard you say that…
You’ve mentioned that..
Summary Statements
Miller & Rollnick, 2013

10. Motivational Interviewing Principles
Expressing Empathy
Developing Discrepancies
Rolling with Resistance
Supporting Self-Efficacy
Motivational Interviewing Principles
Miller & Allison, 2004

11. Open-ended questions about student’s experience “What”, not “why”
Expressing Empathy
“It sounds like…”
“I am hearing that..”
Open-ended questions about student’s experience
“What”, not “why”

12. Developing Discrepancies
Explore goals/values
“How would you like things to be different?”
“On one hand…”
Pros and Cons

13. Rolling with Resistance
 Reflecting, reframing reasons not to change
 “It would be difficult to…”
 “This, and this” (No buts!)

14. Supporting Self-Efficacy
“Despite what happened you were able to…”
“What did you do to make this happen?”
“You have worked hard to…”

15. Appreciative Advising
Advising as Teaching
Appreciative Advising
Advising as Coaching
Personalized learning experience
Teaching expressing ideas clearly
Disarm
Discover
Design
Active listening
Decision making process student lead
Appleby, D. C., (2008)

16. James First year student
Earned 2.7 fall quarter, but a 1.5 winter  On academic warning
You have received 2 AEAs for the student
Reports that they spent more time focusing on school fall quarter, but that their focus turned to their social life during winter quarter
When you meet to discuss their scholastic standing and AEAs they share that they are spending about 3 hours outside of class on school work and most of their free time is spent outdoors with friends

17. Jacque Transfer student, 3rd quarter at CWU, has 70 credits
Interested in _______________ major
In your past two meetings you have worked together to brainstorm next steps in their major and career exploration (including meeting with specific faculty, attending department or club events, conducting informational interviews, etc.), but they have not followed through on any of them
When discussing their interest in the major they express excitement, but also a desire to know more about the major/field before moving forward
They state that they should have taken steps toward learning more, but that they have been hesitant to do so

18. Learning More
 Motivational Interviewing : Helping People Change. (Miller & Rollnick, 2013)
Motivationalinterviewing.org
OARS Cheat Sheet

19. Resources
Appleby, D. C. (2008) Advising as Teaching and Learning. In V. N. Gordon, W. R. Habley, & T. J. Grites (Eds.) , Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook (2nd ed.) (pp ). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Evans, N. (2010). Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Iarussi, M. M. (2013). Examining how motivational interviewing may foster college student development. Journal of College Counseling, 16(2),
Miller, W. R. (1983). Motivational interviewing with problem drinkers. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 11(2),
Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2002). Motivational interviewing: Preparing people for change. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Miller, W. & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing : Helping people change. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Pettay, R. F. (2009). Motivational interviewing in advising: Working with students to change. Academic Advising Today. Retrieved from /Academic-AdvisingToday/View-Articles/Motivational-Interviewing-in-Advising-Working-with-Students-to- Change.aspx
Rogers, C. (1961). On becoming a person : A therapist's view of psychotherapy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Rollnick, S., & Allison,  J.  (2004). Motivation Interviewing. In N. Heather & T. Stockwell (Eds.), The essential handbook of treatment and prevention of alcohol problems (pp ). England Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 
Rollnick, S. & Miller, W.R. (1995). What is motivational interviewing? Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 23, 325–334.
Sobell & Sobell. (2008). Motivational interviewing strategies and techniques: Rationales and examples. Retrieved from rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sourceweb&cd=7&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwik7KPr_XLAhVNwWMKHUSCTQFghIMAY&url=http%3A%2%2Fwww.nova.edu%2Fgsc%2Fforms %2Fmi_rationale_techniques.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGWqVsSgJBXU68jdneBqGPRSLmV1A&sig2=pyFYHZGIwihpxlvB46KG3w&bvm=bv ,d.cGc