Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with a particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion
This courses will introduce, develop and evaluate skills in Motivational Interviewing, exploring individuals’ ambivalence to change from risk behaviours. The main aims and objectives of the courses are
· to develop skills in exploring a client’s ambivalence and readiness for change
· to identify effective methods of psychotherapeutic counselling techniques for initial and ongoing 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 including maintenance and relapse prevention.
We offer training and supervision for practitioners wishing to develop skills in MI whatever their level of experience and setting within which they work. The training is delivered by a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and the curriculum is aligned to the content recommended for practitioners and trainers in MI.
Introductory MI 2 day workshop
Day one – Thursday 20 November 2014
Day two – Thursday 27 November 2014
Intermediate 2 day MI Workshop
Day one – Thursday 15 January 2015
Day two – Thursday 22 January 2015
Advanced 2 day MI Workshop
Day one – Thursday 5 March 2015
Day two – Thursday 12 March 2015
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
If you would like to reserve a place on any of the above 2-day workshops please contact cses@shu.ac.uk