More than 100 attendees–including students, faculty, staff and local health care professionals–learned motivational interviewing skills from expert speaker Laura Saunders, MSSW, at the first of three motivational coaching workshops Friday, Feb. 5 at UW-Stevens Point. [View Photos]
Saunders discussed concepts and skills in motivational interviewing, a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style with workshop attendees and introduced concepts and fundamental skills involved in using Motivational Interviewing in a variety of professional settings.
Saunders has provided this training to physicians, nurses, medical students, psychologists, treatment providers, social workers, physical therapists and health educators for 20 years.
The workshop series also includes:
- “Solution-Focused Brief Coaching” on March 4 by Yvonne Dolan, an acclaimed author, lecturer and therapist. Her approach builds on what’s working, not fixing what isn’t, as well as purposefully developing dialogue to build and promote positive growth in individuals, groups and organizations. Dolan has presented trainings around the world and in books translated into seven languages.
- “Self-Compassion” by Kristin Neff on April 29. Her workshop provides simple tools for responding in a kind, compassionate way while experiencing painful emotions. Through discussion, meditation and experiential exercise, attendees will learn how to stop being hard on themselves, handle difficult emotions with greater ease and motivate themselves with kindness. Neff has received extensive media coverage in the New York Times, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Reader’s Digest and Psychology Today.