It is an absolute honour and privilege to speak with Professor Stephen Rollnick. Steve is a clinical psychologist and Honorary Distinguished Professor in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University. Alongside Professor Bill Miller, he co-founded motivational interviewing (MI). Stephen's career has been remarkable, spanning clinical service, training people, and researching how to have helpful conversations across various settings and around the world.Stephen has profoundly influenced my professional journey. His seminal book, Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People to Change Addictive Behavior (1991), was published just as I was finishing my undergraduate studies and moving into postgraduate clinical psychology. My PhD focused on using MI to work with veterans experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol dependence, and during that time, Steve and Bill published the second edition of their book in 2002. The third edition came in 2013, and now we have the 2023 fourth edition, Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow.In addition to these pivotal works, Stephen has authored and co-authored several other influential books on MI and its applications in healthcare, schools, and sports. (Check the links in the description for more on Stephen’s books.)Currently, Stephen's twin interests lie in sport and healthcare, with a focus on helping people flourish. He takes on projects aimed at improving wellbeing, togetherness, and performance, all through the lens of motivational interviewing.In our conversation, we delve into topics such as motivational interviewing, compassion, empathy, sympathy, how to effectively give advice, and the concept of helpfulness—how we can best be helpful while reducing the chances of unintentionally causing harm.TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK:Compassion in a T-Shirt: In SessionLINKS:Professor Steve Rollnick WebsiteMotivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow (Miller & Rollnick, 2023)Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (Rollnick et al., 2022)Motivational Interviewing in Schools: Conversations to Improve Behavior and Learning (Rollnick et al., 2016)

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