Inspire Change: Motivational Interviewing 1-Day Workshop in Calgary

This course offers a Certificate of Completion to all participants who successfully complete the training. Designed as an intensive 1-day program, it delivers 8 credits and is available in flexible formats, including classroom, virtual, or on-site delivery, to suit diverse learning needs. The training is conducted in English, ensuring accessibility for a broad audience.

Snacks, beverages, and lunch will be provided during the session.

Course Overview:

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based, patient-centered counseling method focused on goal-oriented change. Designed to empower clients through self-motivation, MI is particularly useful in addressing ambivalence toward behavioral change, making it highly effective for mental health, substance use, and chronic health conditions. This one-day interactive training provides participants with practical tools to facilitate client-driven change and techniques for addressing resistance constructively. Through role-playing, group activities, and reflection, participants will leave equipped to implement MI in their practice settings.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand client behavior and motivation for change.
• Apply MI as an alternative to persuasion, focusing on client-driven solutions.
• Use effective communication skills to encourage conversation and support change.
• Assess client readiness to change using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change.
• Elicit and strengthen clients' intrinsic motivation by exploring and resolving ambivalence.
• Respond constructively to resistance in client sessions.
• Put MI techniques into practice, with a focus on reflective listening, effective questioning, and summarizing.
• Integrate the person-centered spirit of MI to foster client autonomy and self-efficacy.
• Manage neutrality effectively when clients make challenging decisions.
• Address common frustrations and improve clinical confidence in guiding change.

Course Goals:

• Alternative to Persuasion: Learn MI as a collaborative approach for behavior change.
• Client Motivation: Help clients uncover and act on their motivations for positive change.
• Progressive Skills: Enhance awareness of session dynamics and adjust as needed.
• Patient-Centered Approach: Infuse MI’s principles into everyday client interactions.
• Constructive Responses: Use MI techniques effectively when facing client resistance or ambivalence.

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Choosing in-house Motivational Interviewing (MI) training equips your team with practical, evidence-based skills to foster client-centered, goal-oriented change. This interactive one-day workshop helps your staff handle resistance, resolve ambivalence, and strengthen clients’ intrinsic motivation, while improving reflective listening and communication. Delivered in your organizational context, it promotes consistency, collaboration, and confidence across the team, enabling them to engage clients more effectively and support meaningful, lasting change in a unified, professional manner.

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