JCS Pro-Tips

Meet Bob Jope

In Pro-Tip #22, Bob shares some thoughts from Carl Rogers on human growth.

Pro Tip #21: Part Three is the last of a three-part series on the importance and confidence rulers.

Enjoy Pro Tip #21: Part Two of a three-part series on the importance and confidence rulers.

This Pro Tip #21 is Part One of a three-part series on the importance and confidence rulers.

In Pro Tip #20, Bob talks about overshooting reflections and their particular usefulness as responses to sustain talk.

In Pro-Tip #19, Bob discusses using a particular kind of complex reflection to help a person to share further in a conversation.

In Pro Tip #18, Bob shares thoughts on approaching the planning stage of conversation while doing our best to keep the other person in the driver's seat.

In our 17th Jope Pro Tip, Bob discusses different approaches we might take in response to change talk we hear in our conversations.

Here, in Pro-Tip #16, Bob talks about the assumptions we sometimes make and the importance of humility and a willingness to learn from the person we're working with.

In Jope Pro Tip #15, Bob shares some perspective about the importance of the helper's sense of hope and optimism, and the influence of these factors on the success of the people we support.

In Jope Pro Tip #14, Bob shares some thoughts on the use of metaphors in complex reflections to communicate a deeper understanding of the person's experience.

Enjoy Jope Pro Tip #13! In this one, Bob previews the concept of simple vs. complex affirmations, anticipated in the upcoming Motivational Interview: Fourth Edition.