Effectively blend motivational interviewing and CBT to achieve better client outcomes

Boost your effectiveness with clients by seamlessly integrating these two key approaches in alcohol and other drug treatment. Through this interactive one-day workshop, you learn where these two core approaches overlap and where they are unique and how to move seamlessly between them.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand motivation and why people change, and the impacts on treatment outcomes
• Describe how motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy can work in unison
• Seamlessly integrate cognitive behavioural therapy with motivational interviewing
• Apply motivational interviewing to improve outcomes from cognitive behavioural therapy

Who should attend:

This is a core skills workshop suitable for experienced and advanced practitioners and assumes basic knowledge of MI and CBT. We recommend you do our essential skills MI and CBT workshops before attending this workshop.

Facilitator: Paula Ross