Motivational Interviewing and Mentalizing
AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment) is a mentalization-based approach for teams and systems working with people who have multiple needs.
About this course
How do you help people who aren’t sure they want help? How do you support people to make change when at times they are not sure they really want to change?
This unique course presents an overview of the theory and practice of Motivational Interviewing – a client-centered approach to strengthen their own motivation to change and support them in making changes. In this highly practical course, the theory and practices of Motivational Interviewing are underpinned and complemented by the concept of Mentalization. Throughout the course, participants will be given the opportunity to practice motivational interviewing and mentalizing skills. This training will cover:
The ethos/principles of MI
The cycle of change and how to apply it to your work
Mentalizing and mentalizing stance: how they relate to MI and cycle of change
Principles of Motivational work
Recognising and working with ambivalence
Recognising and responding to sustain/change talk in ourselves and with clients
The training consists of an engaging combination of live teaching, group discussion, skills practice, and interactive online activities.
Aims of the training
The course aims to help practitioners in a variety of settings to support people to engage in help and make changes by:
Learning the core principles of MI and how they connect with mentalizing and mentalization based practice
Developing skills in client-centered communication and maintaining a mentalizing stance
Develop skills that address ambivalence and elicit clients’ own motivation to change
Who is this training for?
This course is suitable for all practitioners who work in the areas of health, social care, education and youth services. It will be of particular interest to those who would like to introduce MI interventions into their existing practice and already use mentalization based practices in their work. But prior knowledge and experience of mentalizing approaches and MI are not required.
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We want to make sure that AMBIT training is as helpful to you in your work as possible. We will be in touch with you after you make your booking to arrange a call between you and your lead AMBIT trainer. They will be interested to hear about your work, its challenges and what you are hoping the training will help with. They can answer any questions you have and offer guidance on how to get the most from the training.
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We offer supervision packages to help teams implement and sustain AMBIT principles and practices in their work, following training. Your wider AMBIT trained team may have an existing supervision package. Alternatively, if you are interested in a new supervision package for your team following this training, please get in touch with us at AMBIT@annafreud.org.
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You can commission a bespoke AMBIT training for a team or group of any size. You can find indicative costs here. If you would like to speak to us before you make your booking or to commission a bespoke training, contact us: ambit@annafreud.org.
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