March 23–27, 2015: CBHRS to host special topics in sex offender treatment workshop series

Motivational and Therapeutic Engagement with Sexual Offenders March 23 and 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. BP Energy Center

This two-day workshop focuses on practical aspects of engaging people who have sexually abused and are in treatment. It reviews the literature on "what works" with people who have sexually abused, and provides practical examples of how clinicians can work with challenging clients. Hands-on elements of this training will draw on approaches such as motivational interviewing and feedback-informed treatment.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services website.

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Wednesday, March 25, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Alaska Pacific University, CH2MHILL Conference Room (4225 University Dr.)

This interactive workshop focuses on providing an introduction to motivational interviewing (MI) for mental health, health care and other professionals interested in increasing change behavior with their clients. Participants will learn and be able to apply a variety of effective MI techniques to increase motivation to change behavior.

Workshop objectives:

• Learn about the development of MI;
• Learn about the "spirit" of MI (partnership, acceptance, compassion and evocation);
• Learn about four processes of MI (engaging, focusing, evoking and planning); and
• Learn and practice five key motivational interviewing skills with feedback (open questions, affirmations, reflective statements, summaries and advice with permission).

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services website.

Intermediate/Advanced Motivatoinal Interviewing March 26 and 27, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Alaska Pacific University, CH2MHILL Conference Room (4225 University Dr.)

This two-day workshop focuses on expanding existing practice skills and concepts in motivational interviewing (MI). Importantly, it also covers recent changes made to MI during the past two years. MI is a client-centered counseling method for exploring how and why a person might change, and is based upon a guiding style. Its principles and techniques match those known to produce positive outcomes with sexual abusers (e.g., Marshall, 2005). MI can be very useful for motivating people who are ambivalent about change and ambivalent about engaging in treatment.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Behavioral Health Research and Services website.

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