Motivational Interviewing is a counseling approach used to help people change behaviors such as lifestyle changes, addiction treatment, and improving communication styles. It aims to draw out a person's own motivations for change by having a collaborative conversation. The counselor uses open-ended questions, affirmation of the person's statements, reflections to clarify understanding, and summaries of what was discussed. This helps clarify ambivalence about change and elicit change talk from the person in a way that predicts better outcomes. The four processes of motivational interviewing are engaging in a helpful conversation, focusing the discussion on a useful direction, evoking the person's own reasons for wanting to change, and planning for action if the person wants to make changes.