Knowledge
- Define MI and its purpose.
- Explain how its spirit influences the relationship.
- Describe empathy, compassion, collaboration, autonomy and empowerment.
- Identify the five core skills, engaging, focusing and change talk.
Introductory training · Level 1
Motivational interviewing.
Objectives & programme.
Introductory MI training facilitated by Alexis Villaret: three days in person followed by two remote supervision workshops.
3 days21 hours in person2 × 3 h 15Remote supervisionExperientialExercises and role-play
Overall objective
Discover and integrate the foundations of motivational interviewing, understand its spirit and initial tasks — engaging and focusing — and use the associated skills in your professional context.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Skills
- Recognise ambivalence, change talk, sustain talk, the righting reflex and discord.
- Use open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries and information exchange.
- Practise engaging and focusing.
- Analyse a conversation using an observation framework.
Professional approach
- Recognise your communication style.
- Develop a person-centred approach.
- Support autonomy and empowerment.
- Cultivate presence and empathy to strengthen the alliance.
Programme
Three days to experiment and integrate.
Understanding change
Morning
Group engagement, expectations, beliefs about change, self-assessment and the purpose of MI.
Afternoon
Ambivalence, change talk and sustain talk, the righting reflex, discord, empathy, autonomy and empowerment.
Exploring the spirit and skills
Morning
Partnership, compassion, collaboration, five core skills and their relationship with change talk.
Afternoon
Small-group exercises, engaging in the relationship and conditions supporting the alliance.
Engaging and focusing
Morning
Integrating the skills, practising engaging, establishing direction and selecting a change goal.
Afternoon
Role-play, conversation analysis, introduction to supervision, assessment and review.
After the course
Two remote supervision workshops
Using anonymised audio recordings, we listen to real situations, identify skills and relational approach, define individual development goals and consolidate learning. The course includes 21 hours in person and two workshops of 3 hours 15 minutes.
Teaching methods
Active learning.
Interactive theory, experiential exercises, role-play, transcript analysis, self-assessment and group feedback.
Assessment
Observe progression.
Initial and final self-assessment, observation during role-play, conversation analysis in supervision and a satisfaction questionnaire.
Your training project
Plan training
for your team.
Would you like to organise motivational interviewing training for your practice, colleagues or organisation? Let’s discuss your needs, objectives and preferred language.
Contact me by email to discuss your project.
em.alexisvillaret@gmail.com ↗