Motivational Interviewing: Skill Building for Helping Professionals
This 6-hour workshop will provide participants with an outline of Motivational Interviewing skills, and integration into behavioral health practice to affect change. This will be an interactive discussion based on seminar settings, intended to teach Motivational Interviewing techniques. Upon completion of this training, the participant will be able to: Identify the four components of Motivational Interviewing Spirit; Describe at least three processes in the framework of motivational interviewing for enhancing engagement and retention in services; Identify the four components of evoking Change Talk; and identify ambivalence as a barrier to successful change.