How can Trauma Informed Practice and Motivational Interviewing work together to support safety, engagement and collaboration? In Episode 8 of Talking to Change, Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan talk with clinician, trainer and author Dee-Dee Stout about the relationship between Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) and MI.

Trauma informed practice recognises that experiences of trauma can influence how people understand services, relationships and attempts to help. Dee-Dee discusses how an MI approach can support engagement without requiring practitioners to become experts on another person’s experience. This includes working collaboratively, supporting autonomy and avoiding interactions that unnecessarily reproduce experiences of powerlessness or control.

These themes connect closely with the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, particularly partnership, acceptance and respect for autonomy. The episode also explores engagement in clinical settings, trauma informed work with families and ways that MI and TIP can complement one another in everyday practice.

• 0:00 – Opening and introduction
• 4:30 – What is Trauma Informed Practice (TIP)?
• 8:00 – Applying TIP in a domestic violence shelter
• 21:00 – Collaboration and engagement
• 23:45 – Autonomy support
• 27:45 – Engagement and the MI Spirit
• 39:45 – Moving beyond symptoms in clinical settings
• 44:45 – MI and TIP with families
• 49:10 – Closing

For questions or suggestions about Talking to Change, contact Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan.

Email: podcast@glennhinds.com
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