Using MI to Elicit and Strengthen a Client's Motivation to Change

This is a 1 day interactive workshop focused on using MI to elicit and strengthen motivation to change. Participants will practice strategies to deepen OARS skills and activate change talk. Registration link is https://www.gahec.org/courses-and-events/58592/using-motivational-interviewing-to-elicit-and-strengthen-a-clients-own-motivation-for-change  

Motivational Interviewing: Intermediate Skills Development

Workshop: Experiential Development in Motivational Interviewing Skills (intermediate)

Taking place on:

Day 1 - 10AM-4PM on Sunday, April 14

Day 2 - 10AM-4PM on Sunday, April 21 (this day is included in your registration, but cannot be displayed on Eventbrite, or this MINT page)

This 2-day sequential Sundays workshop will include:

• A re-envisioning of why and how we communicate with others

• A deeper view of MI as a communication method

Using Motivational Interviewing for Rapid Engagement and Brief Interventions

This class is for the helping professional who has had MI training in the past year and now wants to apply specific MI processes and strategies for brief encounters. You will leave this course with the knowledge that you CAN make a difference in a short amount of time.

Working from an Evidence-Based Practice perspective, this Motivational Interviewing immersion will augment and enrich your existing MI knowledge base while building a stronger MI skill set.  Participants will learn about the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA) as a structure for MI conversations and have multiple opportunities to apply MI with volunteer clients.  The conversations will be recorded, coded with the MICA, then debriefed with coaching feedback to improve Motivational Interviewing skills.  The objective of this immersion workshop is to assi

Formation intermédiare de l’Entretien motivationnel : Avez-vous une envie d'avancer votre pratique de l'EM en 2020? Si vous avez déjà une connaissance de l’EM venez développer vos habiletés et apprendre de nouvelles stratégies par voie de la pratique et la discussion dans une atmosphère d’apprentissage riche et expérientielle dans cet atelier de 2 jours.

Are you hoping to improve your MI practice in 2020 and already have previous knowledge of MI? In this workshop, you will have a chance to develop your MI skills and learn new strategies through practice and discussion in an experiential learning atmosphere in this two-day intermediate workshop.  Building on the tools and skills introduced in the basic workshop, you will have an opportunity to deepen your understanding of MI and improve your practice in a safe and fun atmosphere.

Advanced Topics: Finding, Instilling, and Evoking Hope

July 15th, 2019 - $225

In this 1-day workshop you will:

1. Deepen your understanding of hope and the role it plays in motivational interviewing
2. Strengthen your awareness of where hope lives inside of you and your practice
3. Strengthen your ability to nurture hope with and in your clients

Target Audience

This 1-day workshop aims to consolidate learning, deepen skills acquisition and increase understanding of using Motivational Interviewing in practice. Participants attending this workshop level will have undertaken an introductory training previously.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a communication method increasingly used within health care settings. The skills employed can also be used in a broad range of context such as rehabilitation, pain management, health care, criminal justice, education, and addiction counselling.

A one-day intermediate level training suitable as a third day following introductory training or as a stand alone for people already using MI.

Intermediate Motivational Interviewing training is an intensive skill-building session. Participants are expected to arrive prepared to practice the skills that were learned in the introductory level training. If you are comfortable with the following concepts, you are probably ready for the intermediate level:

1. Ambivalence

2. Change Talk and Sustain Talk

3. Righting Reflex

4. Spirit of MI

5. OARS