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Basics of Motivational Interviewing

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

See the techniques for creating powerful motivational interviews that change clients' lives in this free online course. This course teaches therapists and health practitioners how to encourage behavioral change through motivational interviewing (MI). We explore approaches to psychotherapy developed by Stephen Rollnick and William R. Miller to assist people in changing through their own motivations. This course focuses on helping therapists and practitioners develop and maintain MI skills, and assisting patients adhere to treatment recommendations.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID187760
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Explain the concepts and uses of motivational interviewing
• List the four principles of motivational interviewing
• Identify the steps involved in micro-counseling skills
• List the six levels of training suggested by Bill Miller and Theresa Moyers
• Define cognitive dissonance theory
• State the circumstances that are the best fitting for GMI (group motivational interviewing)
• Discuss the practitioner's roles in different stages of change
Course Code5252

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