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Free IFS Academy lesson on the stages of change and how Motivational Interviewing (MI) fits: the Transtheoretical Model of Prochaska and DiClemente, the five stages from precontemplation through maintenance, the recycling spiral where a slip is a lap rather than a collapse, and the pairing guidance that matches each stage to MI's way of talking. Every lesson ends with a Motivational Interviewing practice so you can begin applying the skill.

A free IFS Academy course on using Motivational Interviewing (MI) in everyday life: the working loop from spirit check through engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning, steering by the instrument panel of change talk, sustain talk, and discord, the everyday arenas from teenagers to coworkers, MI with yourself, and the long game of MI as a way of being. Every lesson ends with a Motivational Interviewing practice so you can begin applying the skill.

Free IFS Academy course covering planning and the change plan in Motivational Interviewing (MI): the five signs of readiness, testing the water with the recapitulation and the key question, the five components of a change plan from specific goal to gauges, strengthening commitment out loud, and replanning when a plan wobbles. Every lesson ends with a Motivational Interviewing practice so you can begin applying the skill.