
Explore evidence-based communication strategies to improve outcomes for individuals, organizations, and communities across health care and behavioral health care.
Review key motivational interviewing concepts, including ambivalence and equipoise, to reduce resistance and move clients from precontemplation to preparation. Emphasize evidence-based practice through stages of change and practical activities.
Explore the stages of change through a polling activity, deconstructing contemplation, pre-contemplation, and action statements, and practice strategic motivational interviewing responses to guide recovery and behavior change.
Engage in motivational interviewing by building empathy, distinguishing empathy from sympathy and compassion, and mastering the four processes: engagement, focus, planning, and pursuing the plan, with self-assessment insights.
If you want an additional resource, we have attached our questions to reflections worksheet for you to try your hand at turning questions you have into reflections!
Watch a rounded video example of empathetic reflective listening in motivational interviewing, showing how entering a client’s world with strategic reflections builds engagement and reduces resistance.
This course is a follow up to our 2 FREE online classes through Udemy: Effective Communication: Motivational Interviewing part 1 and Effective Communication and Motivational Interviewing part 1.5. This class is taught by Casey Jackson, a well known MINT Trainer (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers). Casey founded IFIOC to teach Motivational Interviewing, a communication method. This short course is filled with basic details about Motivational Interviewing. In addition to that you will learn more about empathy, reflective listening to increase engagement while decreasing resistance. A key to this course is learning strategic reflective listening, rather than what most people think reflective listening is, there is no parroting in this class! . The class offers a variety of learning opportunities including powerpoint, video examples and worksheet learning. Along with the variety of learning opportunities this course offers more discussion and Q & A on the topic of effective communication and Motivational Interviewing.
This class is the 3rd part of a series we teach on Motivational Interviewing through Udemy. Make sure to check out the full series titled: Effective Communication: Motivational Interviewing. Check out all of our reviews, you won't regret signing up for this class!
*This is a pre-recorded training, credits cannot be given-if you would like to receive credits, please sign up for one of our live upcoming trainings.