Motivational Interviewing
About this Online Workshop
Motivational interviewing is a counselling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and uncertainties to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It is a practical, empathetic, and short-term process that takes into consideration how difficult it is to make life changes.
This workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to help the people they work with move forward, help them get “unstuck”, and find their inner motivation to create positive and lasting change.
Participants will learn what to say, how to effectively communicate with those we work with and be provided with tools, to individuals in taking that first step towards change to build their inner resources.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the stages of change
- Tools and strategies for eliciting change talk
- Tools and strategies for strengthen change talk
- Working with resistance
- Helping those you work with recognize and build their inner resources
- Confidence building
- What to avoid in motivational interviewing
Who Should Attend?
Any staff in a human, social or community services organization.
Duration
16 hours.
Registration
No session dates are currently offered.
Workshop Dates and Registration
All sessions in Eastern Standard Time.
Pricing
Human Services Certificate Program: Path 2
- Members: $3,295 + HST
- Non-Members: $4,280 + HST
- Non-Member Education Level 1 & 2: $3,430 + HST
Path 1 and Path 2 Information
For more information about Path 1 or Path 2, please contact Christie Herrington at omssa-academy@omssa.com.
Anyone who has not completed Path 1 of the program, but has taken Person-Centric Strategies, Making Difficult Conversations Easier (with 4-Step Listening)*, and Being Trauma-Informed, can take the Competency Indicators assessment for Path 2.
About the Facilitator
Megan Phillips is a Registered Psychotherapist with over 18 years of experience working in multiple roles within community and social services. As a former Case Worker and Manager with Ontario Works, as well as a Concurrent Disorders Specialist in a community mental health program, Megan utilizes her additional award-winning experience in instructing post-secondary education to bring captivating, illustrative, relevant, and humorous educational seminars to a variety of non-profit agencies and organizations.
As an experienced presenter, Megan has dedicated herself to the educational advancement and enhancement of her fellow colleagues and community professionals in areas such as Motivational Interviewing, Burnout, Resiliency Building, PTSD, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue and Working with Clients with Multiple Barriers.
Technical Requirements
OMSSA will be hosting this virtual workshop on Zoom, an online, interactive platform that you can join straight from your web browser, or by downloading ‘Zoom Client for Meetings’ on your computer or tablet.
Participants will be expected to join the workshop via both video and audio. Participants should therefore have access to a desktop computer, laptop computer or tablet with:
- a webcam or built-in camera
- a built-in microphone or a headphone jack where you can plug in a headset or earphones
We strongly recommend that participants use a headset or earphones with a built-in microphone in order to limit background noise.
System requirements: Click here for more detailed information on system requirements from Zoom.