Motivational Interviewing

This online course is based on the latest edition of Miller and Rollnick’s book Motivational Interviewing.

An evidence-based therapy, it teaches an organised way of helping clients who are or appear to be reluctant to make changes. Basically, it’s a way of having a conversation about change. You will learn how to support a person’s changes in diet, smoking, substance abuse, exercise, medication usage, and other mental health and wellbeing concerns; how to generate motivation in people who are not motivated; how to help your clients form a constructive plan for change; and how to constructively respond to a client’s resistance to change.

What You Will Learn:

• The 4 step process in Motivational Interviewing
• How to effectively use the skills of O-A-R-S to engage clients
• How to evoke a clients own motivation for change
• An understanding of the person-centered spirit of MI
• How to respond to ‘sustain talk’
• How to respond to a client resisting change
• How to achieve change without logical argument/luring
• MI theory, the process and the practical skills

What you need to know:

• The course consists of 9 lessons, and 35 topics (see Course Details tab).
• A downloadable MI Reference book for ongoing reference.
• Most lessons include a video demonstration of skills.
• A number of quizzes to reinforce key learnings.
• The duration is approximately 6.5 hours (or less).
• This is not a webinar or zoom presentation, it is a self-paced online course you can access anytime that suits you.
• You have 30 days access to complete the course.
• A certificate is issued upon completion.