Motivational Interviewing: The Searchlight for Motivation with Ambivalent Clients
Fri, Jan 15
|Asynchronous
Angela R. Bethea-Walsh, Ph.D., will provide a full-day introductory-level MI training designed for health care providers. This workshop will address how to use MI methods with ambivalent clients. This level of training is appropriate for individuals with minimal or moderate exposure.
Time & Location
Jan 15, 2021, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Asynchronous
About the event
Angela R. Bethea-Walsh, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) will provide a full-day introductory-level MI training designed for health care providers. This level of training is appropriate for individuals with minimal or moderate exposure to MI.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, person-centered clinical treatment developed to engage individuals into treatment in contrast to the traditionally confrontational and sometimes demoralizing treatment that historically has been practiced in the healthcare field.
This workshop will address how to use MI methods with ambivalent clients. Dr. Bethea-Walsh will also discuss how to use MI methods to get unstuck with clients who are reluctant or “resistant” to change.
Dr. Bethea-Walsh proposes to present the underlying “Spirit” and principles of MI. She will present an overview of MI methods within “The 4 MI processes” framework: engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning. Identifying “change talk” (language about changing) and “sustain…