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MI for Change is the podcast dedicated to exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) in behavior analysis and mental health. Hosted by Dr. Monica Gilbert, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Psychologist, this show helps professionals transform client conversations — one question at a time.
Each episode delivers:
✨ Practical MI strategies you can apply immediately in sessions
✨ Real case examples that bring concepts to life
✨ Inspiring interviews with experts across ABA and mental health
Whether you’re an ABA practitioner, therapist, counselor, or student, you’ll discover how simple shifts in communication can reduce resistance, strengthen rapport, and spark lasting change.
Because parent coaching and client conversations don’t have to feel like a struggle — they can be the spark that makes transformation possible.
Subscribe today and join the journey to becoming a more effective, confident, and client-centered communicator.
This is MI for Change.
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18 minutes
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English
United States
59 episodes
since Sept. 11, 2025
episodic
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You asked a really good open-ended question. You know your OARS. You know the processes. You’ve practiced. And the parent looked at you like you were speaking a completely different language.
In this episode Dr. Monica Gilbert gets personal about something she doesn’t of…
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There’s a question Monica asked a parent recently that she knew some BCBAs would hear and immediately think: you went there?
She went there. And she’ll explain why.
The parent became teary-eyed. And what happened next changed the entire session.
In this episode Dr. Monic…
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Your BCBA comes to you frustrated. The parent is pushing back on the treatment plan. Maybe they’re questioning the BCBA’s judgment, demanding something clinically inappropriate, or just not communicating in a way that feels respectful. And your BCBA says: I can’t keep do…
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I teach motivational interviewing. I speak at conferences about it. I train clinicians on it. And there was a session — early in my MI practice — where I walked out thinking: this stuff doesn't work.
The parent had nodded through the whole conversation. Agreed with …
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You walk in with your clipboard. Your intake paperwork. Your assessment tools. Your predetermined questions and your full plan for the session.
And you look at this parent. They're answering you. They're being cooperative. They're signing the consent forms…
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Have you ever sat in your car before a parent session, rehearsing the whole conversation in your head? Deciding what to cover first, what questions to ask, how to respond if the parent brings up that one thing?
It's not because you don't know what you're d…
When a patient says "okay" — what does that actually mean?
Sometimes it means I agree. Sometimes it means I understand. And sometimes it just means I don't know how to disagree with you.
Those are three completely different situations. And if we treat them all the same way — if we ac…
You've learned the OARS. You're asking open questions, you're reflecting, you're using affirmations. And you leave the session thinking — why didn't that conversation move? Why does it still feel like I'm pushing?
Here's what Dr. Monica Gilbert realized about her …
You have the curriculum. You have the motivation. You've taken a course, learned the techniques, told yourself you're going to use open-ended questions and affirmations and reflections in your next parent session.
And it still feels like something is missing.
In this episode Dr. Monica Gi…
You're in a case review. The graphs are flattening. The child is making progress in session — treatment integrity is high, IOA is high, the programs look solid. But every goal that depends on what happens outside of therapy hasn't moved in months.
Your first instinct is to modify the inte…
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