Providers, including embodied conversational health agents, can deliver Brief Motivational Interviewing characterized by the acronym FRAMES:

F- Feedback about client’s individual status is personalized and stored in a user model database, keeping a record of their answers for the next session.

R- Responsibility for changing is left with the individual.

A- Advice is provided in a supportive manner and paired with empathetic words and body language.

M- Menus of different options for change are offered.

E- Empathy via verbal and nonverbal language.

S- Self-efficacy is encouraged and nurtured.