2-Day Motivational Interviewing Certificate
Intensive Training for Mental Health, Wellness and Healthcare Professionals
- Speaker:
- Charles Jacob, PhD
- Duration:
- Two Full Days
- Product Code:
- LWC151134
- Brochure Code:
- PWZ97045
- Media Type:
- Live Webinar
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Description
- Strategies to draw out your clients’ own reasons for change
- Simple frameworks and scripts
- Amplify change talk whether you’re a therapist, coach, nurse, or counselor
- Expert tips on how to guide ambivalent clients to a real change plan
- Includes examples, scripting, and video demos so you know what to do
You can have the right goals and interventions, but if your client isn’t ready – none of it takes hold.
Motivation has to come from within, and Motivational Interviewing is the evidence-based method that can help you draw it out.
Backed by decades of research and used across disciplines worldwide, MI is one of the most versatile tools a helping professional can add to their practice.
Now you can add MI to your toolkit with the help of psychologist, research scientist, and author Dr. Charles Jacob.
In just 2-days of intensive training with PESI that includes demonstrations and real-world examples, he’ll put the power of MI in your hands …
… so you can roll with resistance, evoke your client’s own reasons for change, and guide conversations that move people form ambivalence to action.
Whether you’re working in mental health, addiction, social work, healthcare, or coaching Motivational Interviewing gives you a skill set that makes conversation about change more effective.
PLUS you’ll earn a displayable certificate of completion and digital badge from PESI – so you can let clients, employers, and colleagues know you’ve invested the time to learn one of the most widely-used, evidence-based approaches in the helping professions.
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Speaker
Charles Jacob, PhD Related seminars and products
Charles Jacob, PhD, is a psychologist, research scientist, and author with over 20 years of clinical experience conducting and overseeing the delivery of mental health services to individuals with severe mood and personality disorders. He is a recognized expert in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) and has delivered workshops, seminars, and courses on these topics at universities and institutions throughout the world. He has held numerous academic positions, and currently works as a research associate for a Washington DC-based consulting firm. He is a past president of the ACA’s Pennsylvania branch and has been a featured interviewee on several episodes of NPR’s The Pulse.
Dr. Jacob completed his PhD in the counseling ed program at the Pennsylvania State University followed by a year of postgraduate training at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at Penn. He was a Fulbright Specialist through the US Department of State, is certified in DBT and is an Evergreen Certifications approved CBT-C consultant.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Charles Jacob maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with U.S. Department of Commerce/Department of Labor and the Pennsylvania State University. He receives royalties as a published author. Charles Jacob receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Charles Jacob is a member of the American Counseling Association.
Additional Info
Access Period for Live WebcastYou will have access for 90 days after the program for review. For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time and complete the CE quiz and evaluation within one week. Please note that this requirement may vary by credit type. Please see detailed credit information for specific requirements for each credit type.
Webcast Schedule
Please note: There will be a 70-minute lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion. A more detailed schedule is available upon request.
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Objectives
- Summarize the relationship between MI’s origins in addiction treatment and its collaborative approach to change.
- Appraise the strength of evidence for Motivational Interviewing.
- Evaluate the relationship between the righting/fixing reflex and efforts to facilitate change.
- Identify “basics of change” conversation principles in MI.
- Analyze the MI listening sequence and how it supports client engagement.
- Differentiate components of MI’s relational foundation.
- Formulate an empathic reflection in response to a client statement.
- Apply empathy skills and related interventions to support MI strategies in client interactions.
- Analyze the use of empathy and basic MI strategies, including OARS, in recorded demonstrations.
- Analyze a taped demonstration for specifics of change plans and evoking strategies in the practice of MI.
- Differentiate between the MI principles of monitoring/managing change talk, EPE, and related focusing strategies utilized in taped demonstrations.
- Utilize strategies to modify MI principles for use with diverse populations.
Outline
Motivational Interviewing (MI) 101
- History and development of MI
- Overview of Miller and Rollnick, their work in addictions
- Current empirical research, risks, and limitations
- Video Demo- When you push clients too hard for change
The Foundations of Effective Change Conversations
- Communication styles continuum: From directing, following, and guiding
- Why resisting the “righting reflex” is key
- Dynamics of change conversations and the spirit of partner-ship
- Four basis tasks – Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, Planning
Listening Well and Empathy: A Skills Refresher
- Basics of attending behaviors
- Listening carefully/the here and now
- The relational foundation
- Empathy, empathy statements and related micro skills
- Video Demo – Empathy in action
Core Motivational Interviewing Skills and Developing Change Plans
- “OARS” overview
- Exploring values and goals
- The listening sequence
- The basics of focusing
- Exploring ambivalence
- Developing Change Plans
- Evoking strategies
- Tips for exchanging information
MI in Action: Key Skills for Clinical Practice
- The “EPE” sequence
- Recognizing (and managing) disengaged clients
- Focusing strategies
- Confrontation
- Influencing
- Change talk – DARN CAT
- Discord vs. sustain talk
- From evoking to planning
- Video Demos – Focusing on MI in Session and Advanced MI in Session
Tying it All Together: Key Takeaways
- Key concepts relating to diversity and culture
- Review of “Embracing the Spirit” of MI
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Addiction Counselors
- Other Mental Health Professionals
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
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