Motivational Interviewing Workshops

Motivational Interviewing Workshops and Training
Dr. Daniel W. McNeil provides workshops, one-hour talks, refresher courses, ongoing supervision, and other training in Motivational Interviewing for professional groups, including physicians, dentists, nurses, dental hygienists, psychologists, and social workers, among others. Motivational Interviewing is a patient- or “client-centered, evidence-based, directive approach for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.”

Presenter and Facilitator
Daniel W. McNeil, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and a Clinical Professor of Dental Practice and Rural Health at West Virginia University and the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center. A licensed Clinical Psychologist, Dr. McNeil works with patients and supervises doctoral candidates and other health science students in their clinical work. Dr. McNeil is a member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). More information about the MINT can be found at: www.motivationalinterviewing.org

Description of Workshops and Other Training
These training experiences will help health care professionals learn ways to increase and support their patients’ and clients’ motivation to engage in positive health behaviors. The workshops are activity-oriented, and so engage participants to practice skills in dyads and small groups. The intent in these workshops is for participants to sit for no more than 20 minutes at any one time while focusing on any one topic; learning to be therapeutically “motivational” and using MI skills requires active engagement and practice! Workshops are formatted to focus on skill acquisition and “fun while learning.” As a result of these workshops, participants are prepared to interact in a respectful and motivational way with adolescent, adult, and older adult patients and clients.

Full-day MI introductory training workshops are available, as are full-day and half-day Advanced MI trainings. Workshops are available for professionals and/or trainees at any level, and can be tailored to specific areas of focus, such as primary medical care, dental care, hospital practice, outpatient psychological services, preparing clients for CBT and exposure therapies, and so on.

Experience
Dr. McNeil has provided these workshops at numerous venues and for broad variety of participants internationally, including:

• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• University of Sydney, Australia
• University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
• West Virginia Primary Care Association
• West Virginia University

Some Possible Workshop Topics
• Motivational Interactions with Patients in Primary Care
• Enhancing Dental and Hygiene Practice through Motivational Interviewing
• Caring for Patients in a Motivational Way: Using Motivational Interviewing in Primary Care
• Preparing Clients and Encouraging them during Exposure-Based Therapies: Adopting a Motivational (Interviewing) Approach
• Motivating Patients before they De-Motivate You: Using Motivational Interviewing in Hospital Care
• Maximizing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Approaches using Motivational Intervewing
• Motivational Interactions and Motivational Interviewing in Health Care

Contact
For further information or to make arrangements for workshops or other training, contact Dr. McNeil directly at: 304/293-1712 or dmcneil@wvu.edu