Motivational Interviewing

Learn how to help your clients develop motivation to change problem behaviors (including substance abuse/dependence). From the trainer Jennifer Baity: "Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. Strengthen your ability to motivate your clients to make and maintain positive changes. You will become familiar with the spirit, principles and basic techniques of MI. Through interactive exercises, role-play, practice, video, and case examples, you will learn to apply MI more flexibly and effectively and to make MI a more natural and integrated part of your clinical practice."
Course Objectives:
* Learn to strategically use various MI skills
* Learn how to help clients strengthen their commitment to change
* Learn to use MI with "difficult" client populations
* Understand when to use MI (and when NOT to)
* Learn how to use a range of strategies to "roll with resistance"
* Develop skills to assess your adherence to MI techniques so you can evaluate your own MI practice
This training is open to anyone working with current and former foster youth in Alameda County, California.