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Motivational Interviewing (MI) was developed to help professionals in clinical and behaviour change settings. MI is a directive client-centered counselling style designed to help clients explore and resolve ambivalence to change. It helps them through the stages of change to the ‘action’ stage in an empathic and non-confrontational manner.
Who should attend a motivational interviewing workshop?
- exercise prescribers or weight loss specialists
- any health professional working with patients in order to reduce ‘risk behaviours’
- counsellors working in ‘addiction settings’ such as drugs, smoking, alcohol and lethargy
- other areas of counselling that use MI include sexual health, diet/nutrition, domestic violence and young offenders
- health professionals working with patients in a counselling or advisory role
Aims and objectives of MI:
The courses will introduce, develop and evaluate skills in MI, exploring individuals’ ambivalence to change from risk behaviours. The main aims and objectives of the courses are:
- to develop skills in exploring a clients ambivalence and readiness for change
- to identify effective methods of psychotherapeutic counselling techniques for initial and support consultation sessions.
- to enable counsellors to encourage clients’ self-efficacy and self-responsibility for change
- to develop skills within the counsellor that will aid the client to move through the stages of behaviour change
Course dates:
- Introductory MI 2 day workshop
Day one – Thursday 31 October 2013
Day two – Thursday 7 November 2013 - Intermediate 2 day MI Workshop
Day one – Thursday 5 December 2013
Day two – Thursday 12 December 2013 - Advanced 2 day MI Workshop
Day one – Thursday 6 February 2014
Day two – Thursday 13 February 2014
The workshops will be held at the University’s City Campus and will begin at 9.30am and finish at 4pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Course fee:
The cost (per 2-day workshop) is £175 for SHU staff and £125 for SHU students.
Please note it is a prerequisite that delegates attending the Intermediate workshop must have attended the Introductory workshop first and delegates attending the Advanced workshop must have attended the Introductory and Intermediate workshops. The training should have been by a member of the MI Network of Trainers (MINT): http://motivationalinterview.net/training/trainers.html
More information about our Motivational Interviewing short courses can be found at: http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cses/pawb_training_misc.html
If you would like to reserve a place on any of the above 2 day workshops please contact cses@shu.ac.uk.