Using Motivational Interviewing to Help Families Meet Their Feeding Goals

Using Motivational Interviewing to Help Families Meet Their Feeding Goals

There can be many obstacles preventing families from meeting their feeding goals. Well-meaning clinicians might be frustrated when it seems like the family can’t or won’t take the steps needed to achieve these goals. Motivational interviewing strategies allow the clinician to step back and understand that the ability and responsibility for change lies in the hands of the client. With motivational interviewing techniques, the clinician can help clients determine their own goals, and empower them to use their own motivational factors to succeed.

Credit: 1 L-CERP

Source: ILCA Virtual Conference August, 2022 - Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Presented by: Cynthia Landy, MD (Circle Medical Breastfeeding Clinic); Janet Regts, RN, IBCLC (South Calgary Primary Care Network)

Upon completion, the learner will be able to:

1. Determine stages of change in patients
2. Describe key principles of motivational interviewing
3. Discover patient goals and aspirations
4. Reflect on how to use motivational interviewing techniques in discussions with patients

Disclosures: ILCA accepts no commercial support for continuing education activities. The activity planners have no conflicts of interest to declare. 

Disclosures: The presenters do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CERPs: ILCA is an approved provider of Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) with the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE). (CLT-108-7).