Course Description:

“Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.”

Motivational Interviewing: Helping people change. William Miller and Stephen Rollnick – 3rd Ed, 2013

The scope of this training series, facilitated by Alan Lyme, LISW, MINT, is to provide core, booster, and advanced training, for all frontline staff to provide the best and most cost-efficient method of moving towards competency in Motivational Interviewing. Towards that goal, for clinical staff that have been chosen and express a desire to reach proficiency in MI, coding of recorded work and individual coaching are integral components.

There are four stages to this proposal. The goal of the initial two-day Core virtual training will be to offer all participants the opportunity to learn the basic skill set needed for MI, the underlying spirit and building blocks, and how it may be utilized in a variety of settings. Role play and practice are a large part of this experience.

Course Goals:

Participants will review Motivational Interviewing skills and strategies obtained from Core Training to further develop and reinforce the skill set, with particular attention to change-talk.

Objectives:

1: Discuss the core competencies of Motivational Interviewing skills

2: Objectively assess “sticking points” and strategize to ameliorate

3: Describe ten strategies to elicit change-talk

Goal:

Participants will gain an understanding of basic MI uses and principles and develop beginning skills and strategies.

Objectives:

• Describe the four processes utilized in Motivational Interviewing.
• Explain the contrast of sustain and change talk.
• Discuss concrete strategies for addressing discord in the conversation.
• Demonstrate through role-play the ability to elicit change talk and provide empathic reflective statements.

Other information:

NAADAC Counselor Group Skills: Clinical Intake and Screening, Counseling Services, Case management, Treatment plan, Discharge, Continuing Care and Professional Development

Contact Hours & CEUs: 12.0 hours-must attend and participate on both days.

Cost: $60.00

Approved by: NAADAC, TDMHSAS, TCB and CPRS

Presenter:

Alan Lyme, LISW, CCS, brings respected and innovative clinical and training skills from his home in Greenville, South Carolina. With over 30 years of clinical experience, Alan has been an active member of MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers) since 2004, earning MINT Trainer Certification. He is a NAADAC Certified Clinical Supervisor, and a Leadership Challenge Certified Master. He is concurrently the trainer for South Carolina’s most recent Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) grant, as he has been for several SBIRT grants since 2009. He can be contacted at alanlyme@gmail.com