Motivational Interviewing - Starting or Restarting

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Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based therapeutic technique designed to help people identify their readiness, willingness and ability to make meaningful change in their lives. We will talk about techniques to draw out people in order to find out their motivations and help them become empowered to make change to meet their own goals rather than trying to externally mandate change. This introduction will involve a number of exercises to help distinguish the practice of Motivational Interviewing from other communication styles. Motivational interviewing can be added into other models to reduce attrition and increase the likelihood of participants’ success.

Faculty
Rachel Galanter, MPH
Executive Director
Exchange Family Center
Durham, NC

This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NCAHEC Program.

Charlotte AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Charlotte AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Objectives

• Explain the difference between persuading and using Motivational Interviewing
• Describe benefits to evoking motivations rather than sharing information about risks and benefits
• Examine what makes it difficult to not try and problem solve before exploring motivations
• Demonstrate the ability to ask open ended questions, reflect, and affirm clients
• Discuss next steps to support implementing Motivational Interviewing in the face of ambivalence or resistance.

Contact

Gabriela Staley MEd, 704-512-6523

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