JCS Pro-Tips

Meet Bob Jope

In Pro Tip #26, Bob discusses what the research has shown about the applicability and impact of MI with people that identify as racial or cultural minorities.

In #25, Bob explains how the attribute of genuineness can be brought into an MI conversation.

In Pro Tip #24, Bob shares some ideas for helping us resist that impulse to give advice or make suggestions, and to share our expertise in a more MI-consistent way.

In #23, Bob offers a furry metaphor for the roles that questions and reflections can play in an MI conversation.

In Pro-Tip #22, Bob shares some thoughts from Carl Rogers on human growth.

Pro Tip #21: Part Three is the last of a three-part series on the importance and confidence rulers.

Enjoy Pro Tip #21: Part Two of a three-part series on the importance and confidence rulers.

This Pro Tip #21 is Part One of a three-part series on the importance and confidence rulers.

In Pro Tip #20, Bob talks about overshooting reflections and their particular usefulness as responses to sustain talk.

In Pro-Tip #19, Bob discusses using a particular kind of complex reflection to help a person to share further in a conversation.

In Pro Tip #18, Bob shares thoughts on approaching the planning stage of conversation while doing our best to keep the other person in the driver's seat.

In our 17th Jope Pro Tip, Bob discusses different approaches we might take in response to change talk we hear in our conversations.