Christopher C. Wagner – Motivational Interviewing, Evidence-Based Skills to Effectively Treat Your Clients

Christopher C. Wagner – Motivational Interviewing, Evidence-Based Skills to Effectively Treat Your ClientsDo you have clients who:Can’t seem to get started on making positive changes in their lives or begin but get bogged down?Can’t quite find their direction or stop focusing on how others are to blame for their situation?Resist nearly everything offered in support of helping them make their lives better?All of these are common challenges across a range of settings, populations and clinical concerns.Motivational Interviewing (MI) has emerged over the past two decades as a leading approach for addressing a core clinical concern – motivation.Incorporating the latest MI developments, this workshop focuses on the key elements that can transform your practice to escape struggling with clients and make real change in people’s lives.Learn how the MI process works and its application in different clinical situationsDiscover why friends and family often contribute to motivational challenges that clients experienceIdentify and avoid some traps that well-meaning helpers can fall intoRecognize how to thread the needle and help clients find new ways of thinking, feeling and behavingWatch motivational interviewing expert, trainer and author, Chris Wagner, Ph.D., for this action packed recording! Learn how to effectively focus clients’ attention on embracing change and successfully anticipating and surmounting obstacles they face as they pursue it. You will leave this course inspired and prepared to help your clients get unstuck and begin creating more fulfilling lives.Correlate the relational and technical components that allow MI to improve clinical outcomes through a positive and supportive way.Model how the 4 processes and OARS skills of MI help change happen in clients.Explore ways to elicit, recognize and respond to change talk in order to improve treatment outcomes.Practice specific ways to help clients resolve ambivalence, and talk themselves into change.Develop clinical strategies for working effectively with clients who seem “resistant” to change.Choose how to effectively use MI to help alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression and addictive behaviors.WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE CHRISTOPHER C. WAGNER – MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, EVIDENCE-BASED SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY TREAT YOUR CLIENTS ?MotivationWhat is motivation?How ambivalence fitsStages of changeMotivational Interviewing (MI)Conversations about changeResolve ambivalence about changeRelational and technical components that make MI workResearch limitations and potential risks of MI in treatmentThe 4 Processes of MI1. Engaging: The Relational FoundationMI spirit: PACEPartnershipAcceptanceCompassionEmpathyLearn to listen reflectively – the backbone of MICore MI Skills: OARSOpen-questionsAffirmationsReflectionsSummariesClarify values and goals2. Focusing: The Strategic DirectionFind a focusMatch your agenda to the client’s concernsExchange information3. Evoking: Preparation for ChangeImportance of change talk – a key ingredient of MIListen for and respond to change talkListen for specific kinds of change talk:DARN (preparatory change talk)CATS (mobilizing change talk)Elicit more and elaborate on change talkRespond to “resistance” in clientsDevelop discrepancyEvoke hope and confidence4. Planning: The Bridge to ChangeHow and when to planCall on the CATSSummarize and then ask a key questionPutting it All TogetherTest skills by coding a MI video in actionMI and Clinical ProblemsDepression and AnxietyEnhance treatment engagementPotentiate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Suicidal clientsAddictive BehaviorsSubstance useOther addictive/compulsive behaviors12 steps