Courses can be tailor-made from the following elements:
- Clarifying what MI is & the situations in which it can be used
- Explaining why ‘confrontational’ methods are held to be unhelpful
- Understanding the role of ambivalence in motivation and decision making
- Creating a motivational atmosphere, asking motivational questions & processing the answers
- Strategies for working with ‘resistance’ and ‘denial’
- Assessing MI’s relevance to your own work through case-studies and practice