Welcome to the Spero Clinical Insights Podcast series, where we cover the latest topics in the world of mental health and substance use disorder, we are excited to share with you Episode 12 available now: “Enhancing Motivation for Recovery”. As a reminder, these podcast are available on your mobile devices or computers, downloadable and super easy to listen to – whenever or wherever you want. You can also find them on Spero Connect under the main news page or in the library section.
In this new episode, Dr Michele Welling, Addiction Medicine Physician for Spero Health, speaks with host, SVP of Clinical Services David Hayden on how medical providers can use Motivational Interviewing techniques for patients seeking treatment for a substance use disorder. Dr Welling reviews the theory behind Motivational Interviewing, provides examples of some techniques and the benefit this provides the patient and the provider.
This episode takes a deeper dive in the understanding Motivational Interviewing and some “how to” examples. Dr Welling provides details on how this helps build connections with patients and ultimately produce better treatment outcomes. This episode provides some great techniques and is delivered by a great story teller .