Strengths and Change Talk with College Students

The following vignettes describe college students (older adolescents or young adults) who have challenges, but who also have some strengths. Look for the features of these cases that suggest a change is possible or that a client has existing strengths that can be brought to bear on a problem. After you have thought about your answers, click "done" to see our feedback about each of these scenarios, and some ways we might begin to approach the problem in a motivational interviewing interaction.