Foundational Motivational Interviewing
This training provides learners with an introduction to Motivational Interviewing and focuses on the spirit, techniques, and key principles of holding a Motivational Interviewing conversation. This training is highly experiential, and learners will participate in exercises designed to illustrate the concepts described and will be given the opportunity to discuss their experience of those exercises. The goal of this training is for attendees to feel sufficiently familiar with MI to begin utilizing and embracing it in their day-to-day interactions with the clients they serve.
This workshop presents the basic principles and skills of MI, using experiential and didactic facilitation methods with the following goals:
● Learn the core spirit and principles of MI, focusing on partnership, acceptance, and compassion.
● Develop skills to identify and address ambivalence in clients.
● Gain techniques for establishing authentic, empathetic, respectful relationships with clients.
● Practice applying MI techniques, such as open-ended questions, reflections, and summarizations (OARS), to motivate clients.
● Learn strategies for setting goals that are client-driven and empower clients to make decisions.
● Deliver advice collaboratively: Develop skills to provide advice in a way that respects the client’s autonomy and encourages motivation.
● Practice MI techniques: Refine skills in open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summarization through role-plays and feedback.
● Create an action plan: Develop a personalized plan for continued MI practice and participation in weekly learning communities to reinforce skills.
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This is very exciting. It has expanded my learning skills. It has made me think about how I can better serve my clients and help to make my work more effective.
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By far the most informative & relevant training that I have ever attended.
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Easy to participate, non-judgmental, excellent coaching.
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Great energy, kept the audience’s attention. It was worth the two hour drive to get here. I absolutely loved the workshop and had a wonderful time.
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The "hands on" learning and practical application were super helpful. I really appreciated the mix of learning/doing.
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This training was everything I hoped it would be and more. It refocused me to prioritize what really matters in health/nutrition coaching, which is to listen and truly hear what a client has to say about their concerns, frustrations, etc. Attending this training prompted me to reshape how I want to approach my new practice.
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This was an excellent training that happened to be very timely for me as a student finishing my MA program. I appreciated Stephen's professionalism, genuineness, and warmth. The training positively affected the work I am currently doing as an intern and hopefully my future clinical practice.