Dr. Emily Kline Explains Motivational Interviewing

About this episode

Debbie Reber and Dr. Emily Kline discuss motivational interviewing as a tool for effective communication with children.

This is a fascinating conversation about a straightforward and powerful tool for communication with our kids, especially if we’re stuck in conflict cycles over differing needs. Clinical psychologist Dr. Emily Kline join me for a deep dive into motivational interviewing—an approach to communication that helps parents move from fixing and convincing to connecting and collaborating. We talk about how to have hard conversations (think: hygiene, responsibility, and independence) in a way that resp...

People in this episode

Host: Debbie Reber

Guest: Dr. Emily Kline

Topics covered

• communication
• parenting
• neurodivergent children
• conflict resolution
• collaboration

Keywords

• motivational interviewing
• communication
• parenting strategies
• neurodiversity
• conflict cycles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: motivational interviewing

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