Course Description:
Do you feel restricted in helping clients and shelter residents with questionable motivation? Are the concepts of motivation, resistance, ambivalence, and compliance confusing? This course explores motivation as an interactive process between client/resident and counsellor, offering a variety of practical tools to address key issues in counselling and support situations. Special emphasis will be placed on working with individuals who may present as more “resistant.” This approach has been successfully applied in the area of addictions.
Workshop content includes:
– Principles of Motivational Interviewing
– Building motivation for change
– Dealing with resistance
– Understanding and using strategic tools for brief interventions
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the core principles of Motivational Interviewing and how they apply in counselling and support settings.
2. Gain insights into building and enhancing motivation for change in clients and shelter residents.
3. Learn effective strategies for addressing resistance and ambivalence in clients.
4. Develop skills in using strategic tools for brief interventions, focusing on clients with more challenging motivation.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to apply Motivational Interviewing techniques to improve client engagement and motivation.
2. Participants will gain confidence in working with resistant clients and will have strategies for overcoming barriers to change.
3. Participants will develop skills to conduct brief interventions that are effective and client-centered.