A 3 hour workshop for healthcare professionals with specialized training in bioethics.

Workshop Description:

This unique 1hr talk will be paired with an optional 2hr practice workshop for participants who want more “real life” skills practice of the tools outlines in lecture.

Responding to Challenging Situations: Introduction; 1-2pm

A didactic introduction to understanding the challenges of behavior change, how people get “stuck”, and options to respond that are based in motivational interviewing.  Please note: this is not an introduction to Motivational Interviewing in general but instead reviewing how patients/clients/people can often experience challenges in making changes- and what helping professionals can do in response. 

By the end of this talk participants will be able to:

·         Understand the challenge of behavior change

·         Discuss how the “best intentions” in helping can actually backfire

·         Know some different options for how to respond to clients who are “stuck” or “resistant” to changing a behavior

Optional Skills Practice; 2-4pm

A hands-on workshop to experiment with and practice some of the tools outlined from the 1-2pm talk.  In this interactive workshop, key concepts from the earlier lecture will be more thoroughly discussed and practiced.  Cases will also be used.  By the end of this skills workshop, participants will be able to:

·         Understand the concept of “resistance” and recent research on behavior change

·         Know and have practiced different options for responding to challenging client behaviors

·         Discuss and produce different types of reflections – and know when to use them

·         Explain and produce differing types of affirmations – and know when to use them

·         Have experience offering information and suggestions in a manner that is more likely to support change