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Digital Seminar

Motivational Interviewing: End the Tug of War and Create Lasting Change from Within


Faculty:
Melinda Marasch, LCSW, MINT
Duration:
1 Hour 06 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Dec 13, 2022
Product Code:
POS059142
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Too often sessions seem like tug of war. Back and forth between the reasons to change…and the reasons not to. It’s easy to start feeling stuck or like you need to “win.” But the harder you push or pull, the greater the discord/resistance. You need a better way to communicate with ambivalent clients. Motivational Interviewing is that way. In this session MI expert Melinda Marasch, LCSW, will show you how the evidence-based MI process works and ways you can apply it to make those tough conversations more productive, end the tug of war, and maximize opportunities for lasting change from within.

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 1.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Objectives

  1. Utilize questions from MI to assess ambivalence about change with clients.  
  2. Evaluate how the four MI processes and OARS skills address client ambivalence. 
  3. Develop a plan for utilizing the MI process in clinical work with clients who are resistant to change.  

Outline

  • Motivational Interviewing overview and MI Spirit 
  • MI Micro-Skills (OARS) 
  • The MI process step-by-step: managing ambivalence about change 
  • Risks and limitations 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Physicians
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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