Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Inspiring Change
What is Motivational Interviewing?
1. It is an effective evidence-based approach to overcoming ambivalence (ambivalence keeps many people from making positive life.)
2. It is non-judgmental, non-confrontational and non-adversarial.
3. It is a method that works on facilitating and engaging motivation within the customer in order for them to think about and change their behaviour.
Steven Talbot has been successfully training people in MI for eleven years. He has trained: Social workers, teachers and teaching support, housing officers, all manner of front facing support workers, fire and safety officers, mental health professionals and various other professionals.
Feedback from the course has been 100% positive, with many people stating how the course has changed the way that they work with customers and / or service users, and seen customers making great strides in changing their lives.
This much sought after, fully interactive, learner led course is two full days (9.30am until 4pm) and consists of:
- The principles behind motivational interviewing
- Exploring ambivalence and how to reduce resistance and sustain talk
- Analysing what is meant by ‘active listening’
- Describing cycles of change
- Exploring ‘change talk’ and boosting the intrinsic need for change
- Discovering where dangerous assumptions can lead
- Exploring the theory of ‘roadblocks’
- Taking part in motivational interviewing
And no – there’s no role play, so you can now sigh with relief.
The training is appropriate for anyone who is dealing directly with children, young people and adults including:
Managers, Social Care, Organisational Leaders, Housing Officers, Frontline staff etc
Please note that the car park at the back of The Dudson Centre is reserved for staff parking only. There is a pay and display car park at the Front of The Dudson Centre for visitor parking.
Lunch and refreshments are provided on the day, if you have any special dietary requirements for the day then please let us know of them a full week before the course start date.
Unfortunately, we are only able to provide these training opportunities to people who live or work in the Stoke-on Trent Area.
