Assignment: Converting Closed-Ended Questions to Open-Ended Questions

Converting Closed Questions

We often ask stock questions of our clients. This exercise asks you to convert common closed questions that may or may not be a part of your setting. After completing these questions, think about additional ones used in your work. Write those down and then convert them as well. Try to identify two alternative questions for each question.

Are you doing OK today?

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2.

Are you married?

1.

2.

How much do you drink on a typical drinking occasion?

1.

2.

Did you have a good day in school today?

1.

2.

From Building Motivational lntetviewing Skills: A Practitioner Workbook by David B. Rosengren. Copyright 2009 by The Guilford Press. Permission to photocopy this exercise is granted to purchasers of this book for personal use only (see copyright page for details).

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