Therapeutic groups can be as effective as individual services for many problems. But succcessfully facilitating groups can be challenging.
Groups are often at risk of becoming dull affairs where there is little participation, yet can also easily overheat and become places where conflict becomes destructive.
Therapeutic groups can be as effective as individual services for many problems. But succcessfully facilitating groups can be challenging.
Groups are often at risk of becoming dull affairs where there is little participation, yet can also easily overheat and become places where conflict becomes destructive.
This training will provide information on how to use groups as a treatment strategy. We will address why using motivational interviewing in a therapeutic support group format is extremely effective.
The Power of Groups Using Motivational Interviewing
Location:
Portland, Maine
Category title:
Group
Cost:
95
Event language:
0
Summary:
This training will provide information on how to use groups as a treatment strategy. We will address why using motivational interviewing in a therapeutic support group format is extremely effective.
This training reviews the essential elements of MI, provides detailed information on the process of adapting MI to groups across a variety of formats, including group set up and use of skills to shape group conversation. Whether you wish to lead MI groups or just explore how this approach can work, the two-day workshop can help you learn about and experience this approach. The workshop is highly experiential, with most of the time spent practicing the approach in working groups that allow for development and deepening over the two days together.