Dr. Sarah Wakeman

You don't have, like, personal skin in the game about what choice they make, but you're really a partner with them and figuring out how is this thing causing problems to you and why might your life get better if you were to make changes to your alcohol use or your drinking or your substance use.

You don't have, like, personal skin in the game about what choice they make, but you're really a partner with them and figuring out how is this thing causing problems to you and why might your life get better if you were to make changes to your alcohol use or your drinking or your substance use.

Yeah, very different. So in kind of like medical speak and therapy speak, we talked about something called motivational interviewing, which is it becomes almost like a mind trick. But it is basically a way of trying to identify from the person their reasons for change and reflecting it back to them.

Yeah, very different. So in kind of like medical speak and therapy speak, we talked about something called motivational interviewing, which is it becomes almost like a mind trick. But it is basically a way of trying to identify from the person their reasons for change and reflecting it back to them.

And so it's not you telling them you think they should change, but you are trying to elicit their motivation and amplify it. And then at the end of the day, you're turning over the power back to them. So that might look like something someone says, you know.

And so it's not you telling them you think they should change, but you are trying to elicit their motivation and amplify it. And then at the end of the day, you're turning over the power back to them. So that might look like something someone says, you know.

It sounds like your alcohol use is causing some problems at work and in your relationships.

It sounds like your alcohol use is causing some problems at work and in your relationships.

It sounds like you're worried about your safety at work and also how your drinking is starting to affect your job and your relationships.

It sounds like you're worried about your safety at work and also how your drinking is starting to affect your job and your relationships.

Yeah, it sounds like that's really scary that you're really worried your alcohol use could cause even like a serious or life-threatening accident at work.

Yeah, it sounds like that's really scary that you're really worried your alcohol use could cause even like a serious or life-threatening accident at work.

Yeah, and your job sounds really important to you.

Yeah, and your job sounds really important to you.

Alcohol's starting to get in the way of that.

Alcohol's starting to get in the way of that.

Yeah. And so what are your goals looking forward around your job or your relationship?

Yeah. And so what are your goals looking forward around your job or your relationship?

Yeah, it sounds like you're really committed to thinking about making a change to your drinking and that you're looking forward to finding a partner and family and you're worried that alcohol might get in the way of that.

Yeah, it sounds like you're really committed to thinking about making a change to your drinking and that you're looking forward to finding a partner and family and you're worried that alcohol might get in the way of that.