MET/CBT Skills Videos

In this vignette, the therapist demonstrates how to convey the MI Spirit of recognizing the client’s autonomy, making an effort to build collaboration, and evoking the client’s own perspective and narrative, in talking with a client.

Here the therapist demonstrates one of the 4 core basic MI strategies of asking open ended questions.

In this video, you see examples of how the therapist finds opportunities to use a second of the 4 core basic MI strategies: using affirmations.

This session models the third of the 4 core basic MI strategies of using reflections. This strategy is one of the most critical and can be extremely useful when responding to resistance.

Here you will see a demonstration of the 4th core basic MI strategies – the use of summaries. Summaries can be used every 5 minutes or so and demonstrate to the client that you are present and listening to them. They can also be helpful to increase awareness and transition to other topics.

Demonstrates a clinician responding to a client’s active “pushing back” against the idea of change.

Here you will see how the MI style of communication is woven into the process of giving structured feedback in response to an assessment or other information. Part of giving feedback is to adhere to the MI FRAMES model: Feedback, Responsibility, Advice (with permission), Menu of options, Express empathy, and Support Self Efficacy.

This vignette demonstrates strategies for eliciting and reinforcing any language voiced by the client in favor of change.

This session models the MI strategy of eliciting a specific commitment around some sort of action related to any change the client voiced s/he was willing to make.

Here, the therapist introduces the two techniques, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy, that will be used in treatment sessions as well as the structure and other related elements.

In this vignette, the therapist teaches the client a fundamental cognitive behavioral strategy of functional analysis using the “Knowledge is Power” framework.

This session models the cognitive behavior therapy technique of teaching problem solving to a client.

This session models the cognitive behavior therapy technique of building healthy support networks.

This vignette models the cognitive behavior therapy technique of teaching and practicing assertive communication when refusing alcohol and/or other drugs.