Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - One-day training course

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing - One-Day Online Training

Motivational Interviewing has its origins in the alcohol field in the 1980s and is one of the best validated and widely used of all psychosocial interventions for alcohol use problems (Miller & Rose, 2009). Dr William Miller observed practices where people accessing treatment and support were often subject to authoritarian and confrontational approaches, which resulted in people feeling let down by treatment. Consequently, he developed Motivational Interviewing alongside Stephen Rollnick (Motivational Interviewing. Helping People Change and Grow, 4th ed Miller and Rollnick 2023).

The Motivational Interviewing practitioner on this one-day course is trained to use a guiding style to empower the alcohol user to make changes to their alcohol use. There is a focus on the practitioner and alcohol user working in collaboration in moving towards change and growth, whether that be abstinence or reduction in alcohol use to less harmful levels.

Course aims

To introduce workers to the knowledge, skills and confidence in using Motivational Interviewing to enable behaviour change and growth in clients.

Learning objectives

• Demonstrate the spirit, processes and core skills of Motivational Interviewing
• Identify the relationship between Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change
• Explore Ambivalence and Discord and their impact on behaviour change and growth

This course will benefit practitioners by:

• Improving knowledge, skills and confidence in enabling clients to talk about and implement behaviour change and growth
• Using a toolbox of strategies and techniques based on Motivational Interviewing to help work with clients

This course could benefit your clients by:

• Increasing confidence and self-esteem to change their alcohol use
• Enabling change for alcohol use and other potentially related behaviours such as smoking and drugs

Who should attend?

• Drug and alcohol workers
• Social workers
• Multi-agency team workers (early help)
• Residential social care workers
• Hospital staff
• Homeless hostel workers