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
These 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 understand and be able to apply the technical (OARS) and relational (spirit) components of MI embedded within the four processes (engagement, focusing, evoking and planning)
- 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.
Details for all upcoming workshops are available on the Centre for Health and Social Care Research pages.
The programme is supported by an online MI training package developed specifically for health professionals and those wishing to assess their own knowledge and applied competence in MI. For information on this package, try a demo at http://emit.zembl.com.
For further information on the workshop content and aims please contact Dr Jeff Breckon j.breckon@shu.ac.uk or to enquire about booking a place on an upcoming course please contact : chscr@shu.ac.uk.