Topic 3 Building motivation to change: Person-centered OARS skills to engage children/adolescents and their families in “treatment”

Building motivation to change

  • In Phase I, four early methods represented by the acronym OARS constitute the basic skills of Motivational Interviewing. These basic counselling techniques assist in building rapport and establishing a therapeutic relationship that is consistent with the spirit of Motivational Interviewing.
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