Timings and Registration
Monday 02nd February 2026
Monday 09th February 2026
9.30 - 13.00 (UK GMT) each session
This workshop will be 7 hours towards your CPD, and you will receive a certificate of attendance shortly after the workshop via email. Handouts will be sent via email to be brought to the workshop. There will be no formal registration. You will be placed in a waiting room once you click on the link and the CMF Team will add you to the meeting.
This workshop is priced at a flat rate of £135.00.
For those in difficult financial circumstances, who may struggle to afford this price, please contact hello@compassionatemind.co.uk
Level: Beginner
About this Course
Millions of people would probably benefit from making the transition from hostile self-criticism to compassionate self-correction. But how do we best help them? How can we tap into and develop their motivation for change, whilst building hope, increasing their self-efficacy and navigating any fears, blocks and resistances that emerge?
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a theory driven, evidence-based conversational style which seems to deliver better outcomes when used in combination with other approaches (Anstiss, T., 2025. From surviving to thriving: An integrated approach to health and wellbeing coaching. Coaching Psychologist, 20(3).). These webinars will help deepen CFT practitioners understanding of what MI is and ways in which it might be blended with CFT to help deliver better client outcomes.
Session 1
We will explore:
• MI Origin, Focus and Definition
• Key Concepts: Ambivalence, Change Talk, Reactance, Resistance, Discrepancy.
• Spirit: Partnership, Acceptance, Compassion, Evocation
• Processes: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking, Strengthening, Deciding and Planning
• Skills: OARS – Open Questions, Affirmations, Reflections and Summaries
• Sample Strategies: Scaling Questions, Decisional Balance and Ask-Provide-Ask
• How MI and CFT complement each other
Session 2
We will explore:
• What is Change Talk?
• Developing Change Talk
• Two Possible Futures
• Looking Forwards
• Transition to Planning
• Implementation Intentions
• Habit Formation
Workshop Leader:
Dr Tim Anstiss is a medical doctor. He has worked in a range of settings including psychiatry, occupational medicine, rehabilitation, academia and prevention. Tim has written and co-authored over 20 articles and book chapters around health, wellbeing, coaching and behaviour change, has been involved in several national and international behaviour change initiatives, and lectures on coaching MSc programmes for Henley Business School and Cambridge University.
