Motivational Interviewing

Delivery Method: In-House
Duration: 1-2 days
up to 15 people remotely
up to 22 people face to face

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Overview

This highly specialised course supports participants in developing a better understanding of motivational interviewing, looking at a directive, person-centred structured approach to working directly with children, clients and families.

Learning Outcomes

Understand this effective, evidence based approach to overcome the ambivalence which keeps children, young people or their family members from making the desired changes in their lives.

Appreciate the value of a collaborative alliance between practitioner and client which focusses on the client’s intrinsic motivation and values.

Practice the principles of motivational interviewing such as: expressing empathy through reflective listening; developing discrepancy between clients’ goals or values and their present behaviour; avoid argument and direct confrontation; adjust to client resistant rather than opposing it directly; and support self-efficacy and optimism.

Understand about open-ended questioning, affirmations, summarising, reflective listening, rolling with resistance, change talk and complementing change talk.

Consider how to use these skills as part of practice to encourage children, young people and their families to explore their ambivalence in problem areas, and work towards positive change.

Description

This course aims at looking at a directive, person-centred structured approach to working directly with children, young people, families and adults alongside health, education, police, and social care.

Its goal is for the individual (not the worker) to recognise and express concerns about current behaviour and generate their own arguments in favour of change. It pays particular attention to ambivalence, decisional balance and change talk. Experts agree that motivational interviewing can effect real change in behaviour.

This course is delivered by our expert facilitators who will bring their first hand experience and tailor the course to suit your learning needs.

Our course covers the following topics:

Theories of resistance change and myths about motivation.
Establishing rapport.
Expressing empathy.
Understanding the particular needs of each individual adult and child.
Developing desire to change
Communication and observation
Supporting self-belief and self responsibility
The decisional balance.
Developing skills.

2025 Course Dates

Wednesday 21st May 2025