How useful is MI to your practice? How do you know if you need an introductory and/or an advanced workshop?

Do you have clients who can’t seem to make positive changes in their lives and are stuck in the same story?

• Do you feel like you are experiencing the same conversation with your client each time you see them?
• Would you like to be able to have a different conversation with them that navigates towards change?
• How do you move the conversation away from resistance and the status quo and move your clients towards change?

Although ambivalence for behavior change is normal and a person can remain stuck in this cycle for years, one Motivational Interviewing conversation can create a shift in a perspective and movement towards that desired change.

In the live workshops:

• Identify and avoid traps that well-meaning practitioners fall into when talking to clients.
• Learn how the relational and technical components of MI can improve all your conversations around change.
• Learn to differentiate and practice how to use simple and complex reflections to demonstrate an understanding of client statements and elicit change.
• Practice skills to elicit, recognize and reinforce “change talk” (when clients are arguing for change versus practitioner).
• Demonstrations and practice using advanced skills of OARS (open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries) with feedback.

Classes are conveniently separated into three distinct levels for your organization. Trainings can be
1, 2, 3 days depending on your needs and proficiency.