Using Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) with individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders
December 5 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
This training is for staff and contractors of the MA Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHC).
Presenter:
Mary-K O’Sullivan, LMFT, LADC, LPC, has been working as a Clinical Manager and Clinical Trainer for over 30 years. She has worked in both the private and public sectors in the fields of criminal justice, substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders and clinical supervision in both inpatient and outpatient programs. She has worked as a trainer for the Department of Corrections, the Judicial Department, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Social Services, UCONN Medical School, the Department of Education, and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the State of Connecticut as well as working as a Clinical Preceptor for the SARP program at the Groton Naval Submarine Base. She has trained both Nationally and Internationally including spending 10 years training with David Powell, PhD. and spending time in Singapore assisting their treatment system leaders in developing skills in co-occurring disorders treatment. She currently provides training and/or clinical supervision and oversight to Private Non-profits, DOC staff, DCF staff, DOL staff, CSSD staff including adult and juvenile probation officers, parole officers, juvenile residential services staff, bail staff, women’s and family matters staff, clinicians, case managers, and medical staff.
Description:
Motivational interviewing (MI) and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) Interventions have long been established approaches to assisting people in exploring the struggle to change and to outlining motivational inventions to assist in movement through the stages. As more, and more varied information is found through ongoing research in the psychology of change, brain maturation, and brain functioning, creativity in the application of these approaches must become more creative and diverse in the behavioral health treatment field. This 3-hour live training will explore using MI and MET interventions with individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders.
Objectives:
After completing this training, participants will be able to:
- Apply the most current “best practice” models of co-occurring disorders diagnosis and treatment
- Describe each of the stages of change and the corresponding interventions for each
- Explain the impact of countertransference in the practitioner’s ability to assist the client through the change process
- Use the practice of the varying skills needed to promote the change process
Schedule:
December 5, 2024 from 1:00-4:00PM