#157 Motivational Interviewing with Sabina Kahn

OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs · Oct 30, 2026 · 1h · transcript

At the heart of rehab therapy is often behavior change. That powerful lever is how therapy is able to deliver such long-term, life-altering results.

But let's be honest—it's also hard.

I know I, for one, have sat in a therapy office as a patient, pledging to do my home exercise program, and then totally failed to do it.

Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based approach that helps us get at the "why" behind what makes behavior change so difficult. It surfaces the real challenges so the therapist and patient can work through them together—and it gives us five specific skills to use in…