Level Up Your Interventions with Motivational Interviewing

Level Up Your Interventions with Motivational Interviewing

Taught by Dr. Emily Wharton

By Emily Wharton, PsyD

Location

Online

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Refunds up to 7 days before event

Agenda

Lecture and Role-play: Origins and Underlying theory of MI

Dr. Emily Wharton

· Historical context of the emergence of MI · Contrast to previous confrontational models · Reflection and discussion on MI principles and style · Eliciting vs. convincing Lecture: MI Spirit and ...

Lecture: MI Spirit and Processes

· Core components of MI spirit · Practicing the 4 MI processes

Lecture: Listening for and Evoking Change Talk

· Listening for DARNCAT: Desire, Ability, Reasons, Need, Confidence, Ability, Taking Steps · Eliciting change talk questions

Lecture and Roleplay Practice: MI Core Skills: OARS

· Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries directed at change talk · Simple vs. complex reflections · Using Confidence and Importance Rulers

Lecture and Practice: Working with Sustain Talk and Discord

· Noticing sustain talk, validating, strengthening alliance/rapport · Dancing with discord as it arises · Working with barriers

Lecture and Practice: Elicit Provide Elicit

· Importance of gaining permission for sharing information · Chunking information and moving between eliciting/providing · Role-play: practice providing psycho-education using EPE model

Cultural humility within Motivational Interviewing

· Research on using MI with different populations, cultural groups · Video: Using MI for survivors of intimate partner violence · Importance of client-guided values/reasons defining

Integrating MI into other Evidence-Based Psychotherapies

· Common traps in engaging clients in treatment and homework · Addressing treatment/homework barriers · Role-play practice [if time]: integrating MI micro moments into existing psychotherapy

Reflection and Wrap-up

· Next Steps, further learning · Resources, ongoing support · Answering questions/case-specific needs · Group reflection

About this event

    Level Up Your Interventions with Motivational Interviewing

    Incorporate “MI micro moments” into your sessions to enhance therapy engagement and commitment to behavior change.


    This course is provided in an on-demand format, in which registrants recive 9 hours of on-demand video content, all Powerpoint slides, handouts, and resources. Registrants are provided indefinite access to content- so you can sign up now even if you don't plan to watch the course for awhile!

    In this on-demand workshop, participants will learn about the theory and spirit of Motivational Interviewing (MI), will learn to identify change talk and sustain talk, and will gain exposure to each of the core MI skills. Participants will learn how to use MI in diverse treatment applications and will explore how to incorporate MI into their existing clinical practice.

    In addition to 8 hours of didactic instructional content, the following resources are included with the course fee and will be provided upon purchase:
    All Powerpoint Slides
    MI Cheat Sheet (tips for each MI core skill to reference during session)
    Agenda Mapping Focusing Questions (how to focus session on one behavioral target for MI)

    MI Role-Play Instructions (This workshop was filmed with a live audience, thus role-play instructions are spoken in the video and additional written instructions are included, if attendees wish to practice role-plays on their own, given on-demand nature of this course).


    Course is fully facilitated by Dr. Emily Wharton.

    Please reach out if you have any questions at Dr.Emily.Wharton@gmail.com.


    No CEs are offerred for this course, however participants may receive a certificate of completion if desired.

    Course Fees:

    Course fee: $149
    SUMMER SALE: $89 (40% off until 7/21/25)

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    E mily Wharton, Psy.D.

    Dr. Emily Wharton is a Clinical Instructor at the Cognitive Behavior Institute, where she teaches courses in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Wharton has also served in roles of Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and licensed clinical psychologist in the Palo Alto VA and her private practice. She has provided supervision and training for VA and Stanford psychiatry residents, medical students, and psychology trainees in ACT, DBT, and MI. Dr. Wharton trained at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, San Francisco VA, UCSF, and Palo Alto VA. Dr. Wharton has also served as the Member-At-Large Director for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Wharton has given lectures and trainings for the Palo Alto VA, Stanford University, and the Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science. Dr. Wharton has published papers and book chapters on ACT for PTSD, ACT for moral injury, mindfulness practices for anxiety disorders, and group trauma-focused CBT for parents of preterm infants.

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    Emily Wharton, PsyD

    Emily Wharton, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides individual, couples, and group therapy in the Palo Alto VA and her private practice. Dr. Wharton trained in DBT at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, San Francisco VA, UCSF, and Palo Alto VA. She provides supervision and training for VA trainees and Stanford psychiatry residents and medical students. Dr. Wharton teaches courses at the Cognitive Behavior Institute Center for Education. Learn more about Emily at www.DrEmilyWharton.com/about-me.

    You can contact Dr. Wharton directly at Dr.Emily.Wharton@gmail.com.

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