Motivational Interviewing: Beyond the Basics

The Motivational Interviewing: Beyond the Basics workshop targets practitioners who want to develop and reinforce skills as well as those that are new to practice. The learner will consider MI’s application to a broad use of behavior changes ranging from health behaviors to substance use. The workshop is comprised of a largely didactic model. Learners will leave with an enhanced knowledge of tangible clinical interventions to be utilized with clients, targeting collaboratively identified problem behaviors.

The following content areas will be included:

• An overview of research that guides motivational interviewing’s increasing focus on recognizing, reinforcing, and evoking change language.

• The four processes of motivational interviewing and how they are used to develop change-inspired conversation.

• Tangible skills for eliciting change talk with their clients and to effectively respond in a way that evokes additional change language.
• Techniques used to gain and enhance motivation towards meaningful behavior changes.

Desired learning outcome: Participants will apply the concepts and techniques learned to enhance motivation toward meaningful behavior change.

Presenter: Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW, Adjunct Professor at Shippensburg University, University of Maryland, and Simmons University, Dr. Showers is an educator, researcher and a MINT member specializing in Motivational Interviewing and having trained aspiring and active independent practitioners around the U.S.

Contact Hours: 5 contact hours for Nurses / 5 clinical CEUS for Social Workers / all others will receive a certification of completion. Co-Sponsered with the School of Social Work

Pre-registration is required for all attendees.

Successful Completion: Participants will attend 100% of the program and complete an online evaluation to receive contact hours. Planners, content experts and speakers have declared no conflict of interest. There is no commercial support for this activity.

Social Work CEUs—Provided by the Monmouth University School of Social Work Professional Education  Program (PEP) and recognized by the New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners. Participants must be present for the entire event to receive social work CEUs. No exceptions.