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Majella Greene is a qualified social worker with over 10 years experience in the substance misuse field. An advocate for Motivational Interviewing for the past 12 years she has used the skills with clients, supervisees and in groups. Majella’s style is in keeping with the spirit of MI. The training is an interactive journey through MI – sessions are dynamic, relaxed and informative. Skills are fine tuned and developed.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is a way of working with people towards making positive changes in areas of their life that maybe problematic. This might be changing drug and alcohol use, health and lifestyle changes.
Phase I
Phase I will assist you in identifying “change talk”, looking at the 5 core skills and principles of Motivational Interviewing. Learning how to effectively reflect back key aspects of ambivalent thoughts and feelings and allowing the person to consider their options with regards to their current behaviour. By the end of this course you will have knowledge and experience of the opening strategies in MI.
Phase II
Phase II is how to support people in strengthening their commitment to change, ensuring that sufficient environmental factors are available in terms of support networks, that the individual has a clear short-term, mid-term and longer-term visions of where they would like to be and feel confident in their own ability to bring about change for themselves.
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Praise for Motivational Interviewing Phase I
“Though I always fear practice, I felt really encouraged and safe to participate and ‘fail’. It was helpful not to know the people on the course well, as this would be a position I find myself in with clients – a situation in which I must listen, explore, emphasise… I feel inspired and encouraged to further develop my skills”
“Excellent level of clarity, very sound knowledge of the subject”
“Very good skills practice – lots of opportunities for this without being made to feel uncomfortable”
“Good mix of training methods – variation!”
“Very interesting and enjoyable – looking forward to the next phase to learn more and will be trying out my new skills”
“Easy to see where it can be put into practice”
“A well structured and focused course”
“Skills practice sessions allowed for the aims to be understood more fully. I found this very useful.”
“Majella was excellent! She made information really clear and interesting”
Praise for Motivational Interviewing Phase II
“Very informative course delivered in a non-threatening manner. It was great to be able to practice skills and to not feel overwhelmed by handouts”
“Skills practice with suggestions from Majella on how to move on was helpful”
“Majella was very helpful, and aware of the needs and progress of participants, adaptable style.”
“Handouts were useful and the inclusion of a pre-recorded real session specific to our unit was excellent”
“The style of presentation was clear, calm and not bombarding.”
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