Develop advanced skills in motivational interviewing to supercharge your alcohol and other drug practice

Join one of Australia’s most experienced alcohol and other drug trainers in this two-day motivational interviewing masterclass for practitioners who want to advance their motivational interviewing skills. You will take your motivational interviewing skills to the next level by using self-reflection and practice to understand and apply advanced strategies in assessment, intervention and responding to therapeutic challenges within a motivational framework.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the ins and outs of motivational interviewing
• Understand what drives, and how to better respond to, client ambivalence
• Apply a comprehensive model of change that integrates client values
• Develop advanced motivational listening and questioning skills, high-level skills in eliciting change
• Understand and effectively respond to therapeutic relationship difficulties

Who should attend:

This is an advanced skills workshop suitable for experienced and advanced practitioners. We recommend you do our How and why of MI workshop before attending this workshop.

Facilitators: Paula Ross