Motivational Interviewing

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Delivery: Synchronous Virtual Classroom via Zoom

Motivational Interviewing: An Overview with Application

Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based and person-centered counseling technique for eliciting and supporting behavioral change.  As our systems of care become increasingly recovery oriented, practitioners need tools for eliciting individuals’ involvement in planning and implementing their own recovery strategies.  Motivational Interviewing is one such tool. 

Using a combination of lecture, discussion, role play and video examples, this two consecutive day program will provide participants with some of the building blocks of Motivational Interviewing for use in service practice.

As a person-centered and -driven technique, Motivational Interviewing is inherently inclusive of diverse cultures and belief systems.  In addition, teaching examples will include discussion of counselor biases and the potential impact of these on the behavior change process.

Learning Objectives for this 2-day series are 1) learn the Stages of Change and interventions appropriate at each stage; 2) become familiar with the spirit and core principles of Motivational Interviewing; 3) use at least three component techniques of Motivational Interviewing; 4) examine and reframe the concept of “resistance”; and 5) apply MI strategies to the process of treatment/change planning.

This workshop is appropriate for all levels of practitioners in varied practice settings.

Presenter: Carolyn Solo, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Pennsylvania and has been a practicing therapist for over eight years. Carolyn is a current doctoral student at Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research where her research centers on developing more culturally sensitive and trauma-informed approached to working with clients with psychotic symptoms.
 

Carolyn is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She has advanced training in EMDR for survivors of complex trauma and abuse and in EMDR for perinatal mental health concerns.
 

Carolyn’s areas of specialty include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex trauma, psychosis, and perinatal and maternal mental health concerns.