Online motivational interviewing sessions for professionals
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Trauma-informed motivational interviewing approaches
Imagine you're having a conversation with a highly skilled listener who asks insightful questions to help you explore your own reasons for wanting to make a change in your life.
That's essentially what Motivational Interviewing feels like. It's not about lecturing or telling someone what to do. Instead, it's about engaging in a conversation that helps people uncover their own reasons to change.
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What is Motivational Interviewing?
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, person-centered counseling approach designed to elicit and strengthen an individual's motivation for positive behavior change.
Course Outcomes:
- Define and describe Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its underlying spirit
- Apply client-centered OARS skills and reflective listening techniques effectively
- Identify and work towards client-defined goals
- Identify change talk vs sustain talk
- Develop hope and confidence in clients
- Strengthen client commitment to change
- Understand the link between MI and the stages of change model
- Work effectively with client ambivalence about change
- Boost clients' self-efficacy and faith in their ability to succeed
- Respond constructively to client resistance
