145: How To Optimize Outcomes By Giving More Autonomy With Dr. JJ Mowder-Tinney, PT, PhD

On today’s episode we welcome one of our most favorite people, Dr. JJ Mowder-Tinney. She is the lead instructor in our NeuroSpark program and is such an engaging educator! She joined the show today to discuss something she’s been pondering and reading more of the research about lately and that is autonomy. She’s going to share specific examples of how this can be used even in very subtle ways you may not have thought about during client interactions but that will enhance outcomes and improve your patient alliance. You’re definitely going to leave with some new ideas to try after listening!

Check out these great articles to get you going!

Wulf G, Lewthwaite R, Cardozo P, Chiviacowsky S. Triple play: Additive contributions of enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and external attentional focus to motor learning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2017 Jan 25:1-9.

Ghorbani S, Ghanati P, Dana A, Salehian MH. The effects of autonomy support on observational motor learning. Iranian Journal of Learning & Memory. 2020 Oct 1;3(11):77-87.

Join us on January 31st to learn more about using External Focus in your sessions and empower your clients even more! Register here: https://www.neurocollaborative.com/external