Refresher Session: Motivational Interviewing

Type:
  Training
Duration:
2 hours, 32 minutes
CE credits:
Not currently offered
Presented by:
DMH + UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
Featuring:
Elizabeth Mackey, LMSW
Relevant categories:
Community Mental Health People Experiencing Homelessness Severe Mental Illness
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Overview

This two-part refresher session covers the fundamentals of motivational interviewing (MI) and its underlying spirit. MI is an evidence-based conversational style designed to support individuals in exploring ambivalence, readiness, and motivation for change. In this training, MI’s core skills will be covered, including open-ended questions, reflective listening, summarizing, affirmations, and giving advice with permission. Participants will have the opportunity to apply learned MI skills to brief vignette scenarios.

  Keywords: harm reduction, manualized evidence-based practices, motivational interviewing
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