Elevating Your Motivational Interviewing Skills:
Techniques and Strategies for Success
Live Real-Time Interactive Webinar
Change is hard. Helping someone else to change is even harder...
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based approach that is designed to empower clients to find internal motivation to make positive behavioral changes. Motivational Interviewing can be combined with other Therapy models and can be used to treat a wide variety of presenting issues.
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This flexible two-day training program will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively integrate motivational interviewing techniques into your therapy practice. Whether you are new to motivational interviewing or looking to refine your existing skills, this course has something for everyone. The first day of the training will provide a foundational understanding of motivational interviewing, including the theory and principles behind it. Day 2 will take a deeper dive into the application of these techniques in therapy practice, including advanced skills and strategies as well as practice opportunities.
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Attendees have the option to attend either day separately or both days together for a comprehensive learning experience. This course will enhance your skills as a mental health professional and empower you to help your clients achieve meaningful and sustainable change.Â
Day 2 Overview
Day 2 (Elevating Your Motivational Interviewing Skills: Techniques and Strategies for Success) targets clinicians seeking an intermediate to advanced level of training in Motivational Interviewing. The learner will consider MI's application to a broad use of behavior changes ranging from health behaviors to substance use. The workshop offers a hands-on experiential learning approach with ample opportunity for role-plays, discussion, and case conceptualization. Learners will leave with an enhanced knowledge of tangible clinical interventions to be utilized with clients, targeting collaboratively identified problem behaviors. Â Participants will explore how Motivational Interviewing's emphasis on change talk makes it unique. Â Participants will practice tangible skills for eliciting change talk with their clients, helping them to gain and enhance motivation towards making meaningful behavioral changes. Â
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Learn more about Day 1 of this training: Fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing:
Understanding the Mechanisms of Creating Lasting Change
2-DAY DISCOUNT IS APPLIED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN BOTH DAY 1 AND DAY 2 ARE ADDED TO YOUR CART.
About the Course
Nov 3, 2023
Friday Session - Day 2
Live Real-Time Interactive Webinar
8:30AM-4:00PM ET
Credit Hours - Details Below
6.0 Live Interactive CE Credit Hours
Price
$139 Day 1 or Day 2/$249 Both Days through 10/20/23
$159 Day 1 or Day 2/$269 Both Days after 10/20/23
$119 Day 1 or Day 2/$229 Both Days/person for Groups 3+
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Target Audience
Mental Health Professionals including Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychologists, Addictions Counselors, other mental health professionals
Course Level
Intermediate
Course Instructor
Dr. Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW
Dr. Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW, earned his MSW at Shippensburg University in 2010. He is currently employed as an Adjunct Professor with several universities, including the University of Kentucky, the University of Maryland, and Simmons University. Bernard has over ten years of experience as a licensed social worker. He provides therapy for various ages and presenting problems; however, he specializes in treating substance use disorders, Co-Occurring Disorders, Anxiety, and Depression. He employs an eclectic approach to therapy utilizing various evidence-based practices, including Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
He is currently one of approximately 1,500 Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) members worldwide. Mr. Showers has trained aspiring and active independent practitioners at many colleges, universities, governmental agencies, and companies around the United States. In addition to Motivational Interviewing, Mr. Showers has developed, presented, and published several continuing education workshops on family involvement in substance use treatment, ASAM criteria, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and group therapy. The Beck Institute has also trained Mr. Showers in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
Bernard is a graduate of the inaugural class of The University of Kentucky's Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) Program. In July 2021, Bernard Showers was the lead author on the manuscript Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural America: A Review of the Literature published in the APA's Journal of Rural Mental Health. He is passionate about bringing awareness and solutions to enhance social work students' preparedness in meeting the nation's micro, mezzo, and macro-level substance use needs, as examined in his doctoral capstone project titled Substance use education in social work programs: Time for a mandate?
Course Objectives
Integrate motivational interviewing skills and interventions with other evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.
Judge whether Motivational Interviewing or another intervention might be most appropriate in specific clinical situations.
Use specific interventions to cultivate change talk through structured interventions and general use of micro-skills.
Determine systemic obstacles to implementation of motivational interviewing in the participant’s practice.
Modify solution-focused interventions to prioritize change talk with client’s experiencing ambivalence related to change.
Summarize the four processes and motivational interviewing and differentiate the use of interventions in each process.