Motivational CommunicationSmarter Not Harder

Who Is Here?

• Name

• Role/Position/Responsibilities

• Hope to Get From Training

Goals

• Define Solution Focused Therapy• Define Motivational Interviewing• Including Stages of Change

• Teach Techniques for Motivational Communication• Scenario Based Training Techniques for counselors,

leaders and parents

What Is Solution Focused Therapy?

• What do you think?• Person centered• Belief/Trust in Person’s Abilities• Strengths Based• Forward Looking• Often Brief versus long term• One Down Approach

Tools Of Solution Focused

• Personality Assessment•Miracle Question/Magic Wand• Looking for Exceptions• Using Scales• Person Identifying Own Strengths• “How Have You…”

Reading Materials

• Dennis Saleebey’s Strengths Perspective

• Victor Frankl’s Man Search For Meaning

• Steve de Shazer & Insoo Kim Berg

• Journey to Freedom – Scott Reall

What is Motivational Interviewing?

• What Do You Think?• Partnership• Seeks and Resolves Ambivalence• Not Persuasive• Person led• Not You Dependent• More Questions Instead of Statements

Stages of Change

Meeting People Where They Are

• Pre-Contemplation• Contemplation• Planning• Action• Maintenance/Habit

Tools of MI

• Open Ended Questions• Reflective Listening• Decision Balancing• Affirmations (4 to 1)• Paradoxical Statements• Self Efficacy Scales

Biblical

• Road to Emmaus – Luke 24:13-35

• Woman at the Well – John 4

• Blind Beggar – Luke 18:35-43

Reading Materials

• William Miller & Stephen Rollnick

• Bruno Bettelheim’s Punishment Vs. Discipline

Challenges of MI/SFT

• Time• Loss of “control”• Unable to use “power”• More effort• Slower process• One’s own frustrations• No dependence/Feeling not needed

Internal Dialogue For Counselors

• “I need to fix people.”

• “They need me.”

• “I’m the expert.”

• “They can’t do it or they would have already.”

Internal Dialogue for Leaders

• “They need to do it my way.”

• “They won’t respect me.”

• “They could take my job.”

• “I know the big picture.”

Internal Dialogue for Parents

• “I know what is best for my kids, better than they do.”

• “It is my job to protect them.”

• “They need to learn to respect authority.”

• “I can’t live with myself if…”

Large Group Scenario Based Trainings

• Counseling Problem – Video

Large Group Scenario Based Trainings

• Leader Problem

• Parenting Problem – BDay Party

Table Scenario Based Trainings

• Pair up• Use situation that is real for you or provided example• You play yourself, partner plays the other• Switch positions• Provide feedback• Focus on Positives• Ask questions “What made you…”

• Provide Feedback to Group

Scenarios

• Counselor

• Leader

• Parent

Questions & Evaluations

• Questions?

• Fill out and Turn in Evaluations

• Mark Time Out on Sign In Sheet

• Pick up Certificates

• Have a Great Weekend!