Five Questions for Effective Motivational Interviewing

1. Why would you want to make this change? (desire)
2. How could you do it in order to succeed? (ability)
3. What are the three best reasons to make this change? (reason)
4. On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is not at all important and 10 is most important, how important is it for you to make this change? Why that number and not 0? (need)
5. So what do you think you’ll do? (commitment)