About this Event
🎓 Certificate: Earn a certificate that showcases your new skills in motivational interviewing with pride.
🏫 Delivery Mode: Classroom (In-Person)
🗣️ Language: Delivered in fluent, professional English
⭐ Credits Earned: Gain 8 valuable professional development credits
Snacks, beverages, and lunch will be provided during the session.
Course Overview:
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence based, person centered communication approach that supports individuals in finding their own motivation for change. Rather than persuading or directing, MI empowers clients to explore and resolve ambivalence, making it especially effective in areas such as mental health, substance use, and chronic health management.
This interactive one day workshop equips participants with practical strategies to guide client driven conversations, build trust, and promote sustainable behavioral change. Through engaging discussions, role plays, and reflective exercises, participants will gain the confidence and competence to apply MI techniques in real world settings.
Key Takeaways:
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Understand the psychology behind client behavior and motivation for change.
- Apply MI as a collaborative, client led alternative to persuasion.
- Use effective communication techniques to facilitate meaningful conversations.
- Assess readiness for change using the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change.
- Strengthen clients’ intrinsic motivation by exploring ambivalence constructively.
- Respond productively to resistance and maintain a nonjudgmental stance.
- Practice reflective listening, strategic questioning, and summarizing for clarity.
- Foster client autonomy and self efficacy through MI’s person centered spirit.
- Stay neutral and supportive when clients face difficult decisions.
- Build confidence in guiding conversations toward positive and sustainable outcomes.
Course Goals:
- Collaborative Change: Experience MI as a supportive alternative to persuasion.
- Motivation Discovery: Help clients identify and act upon their own reasons for change.
- Dynamic Skills: Recognize session patterns and adjust strategies in real time.
- Client Centered Focus: Apply MI principles to enhance empathy and understanding.
- Constructive Communication: Navigate resistance and ambivalence with confidence.
This one day course emphasizes hands on learning through interactive group exercises, real world simulations, and guided reflection to help participants translate theory into confident and practical application.
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Why Choose This Course?
This program offers practical, evidence based Motivational Interviewing skills that empower you to inspire meaningful client change. You will learn how to handle resistance effectively, strengthen communication, and build authentic connections. Through interactive, hands on practice, you will develop the confidence to foster client autonomy and support lasting behavioral transformation.
📧Ready to bring this powerful workshop to your team? Contact us at [email protected] to schedule your customized in-house session.
Agenda
Module 1 - Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Info: ○ Principles of MI: patient-centered, focused, goal-oriented
○ Overview of ambivalence, resistance, and client motivation
Module 2 - Understanding and Enhancing Motivation for Change
Info: ○ Identifying and encouraging change talk
○ Techniques to promote intrinsic motivation
Module 3 - Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
Info: ○ Stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation,
action, maintenance
○ Recognizing client readiness for change
Module 4 - Key MI Skills: Reflective Listening and Communication
Info: ○ Active listening to understand and respond to client emotions
○ Managing high-emotion situations and dealing constructively with
resistance
Module 5 - Strategies for Goal-Oriented MI Conversations
Info: ○ Applying open-ended questions, reflections, and summaries
○ Balancing guidance with client autonomy and support for
self-efficacy
Module 6 - Practical Application of MI Skills
Info: ○ Handling ambivalence and building confidence in clients
○ Real-world scenarios and practice sessions
Module 7 - Interactive Review and Reflection
Info: ○ Group activities and discussions for skill reinforcement
○ Opportunities for self-reflection and feedback
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Regus - Canberra, Gateway Business Center, Canberra Airport Level 4, Plaza Offices East, 35 Terminal Avenue, Canberra, Australia
AUD 525.44
