Unlock the transformative potential of motivational interviewing in your counselling, coaching, or teaching role. Mastering motivational interviewing enhances your understanding of client behaviour, improves diagnostic accuracy, and strengthens the therapeutic relationship.
Mastering the Motivational Interview is a professional development course that explores the theoretical foundations and historical development of motivational interviewing, emphasising humanistic psychology for a person-centred, goal-oriented approach.
In this motivational interviewing course, you will learn the core principles of motivational interviewing—collaboration, acceptance, compassion, and evocation. You will also learn to facilitate change effectively and help clients explore ambivalence and articulate their reasons for change, making your interactions more impactful.
You will also develop key micro-skills, such as active listening, empathy, summarising, and asking open-ended questions, and techniques for building rapport and enhancing communication. You will explore motivational interviewing for specific populations and professional settings, such as healthcare, mental health, and community services, ensuring you can adapt your skills to diverse environments.
On completion of this course, you will be equipped with practical tools for the real-world application of motivational interviewing to enhance the effectiveness of psychological assessments and the quality of therapeutic interventions.
Printed learning materials may be available free to print for this course. Requests can be made by contacting us.
