An 8-hour Training with Stephen Andrew, LCSW, LADC, CCS
November 1 & 2, 2023
11:30am-4pm (each day)
PRESENTATION: This training provides learners with an introduction to Motivational interviewing and focuses on the spirit, techniques and key principles of holding a Motivational Interviewing conversation. This training is highly experiential, and learners will participate in exercises designed to illustrate the concepts described and will be given the opportunity to discuss their experience of those exercises. The goal of this training is for attendees to feel sufficiently familiar with MI to begin utilizing and embracing it in their day-to-day interactions with the clients served by their agencies.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing;
- Describe techniques to convey empathetic understanding and compassion;
- Explore ways of integrating Motivational Interviewing theories into other treatment approaches;
- Practice Motivational Interviewing on “challenging” clients through role playing and discussion;
- Adapt the treatment strategies to different populations; and
- List direct approaches you can use within the context of creating an atmosphere of change.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Stephen R. Andrew, LCSW, LADC, CCS, CGP, is a storyteller, trainer and the Chief Energizing Officer of Health Education Training Institute. He maintains a compassion focused private practice in Portland, Maine USA where he also facilitates a variety of young person, men’s, co-ed, couples and caregiver groups. Stephen is a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2003. Stephen provides coaching and training domestically and internationally (Singapore, China, Holland, Sweden, Turkey & UK) for social service agencies, health-care providers, substance abuse counselors, criminal justice and other groups on motivational interviewing, addiction, co-occurring disorders, counseling theory, “challenging” adolescents, supervision and ethics for care professionals, men’s work and the power of group work, as well as supervising a coding/ coaching laboratory and training for Motivational Interviewing. Stephen is the proud father of an 18 year-old son, Sebastian, and co-author of Game Plan: A Man’s Guide to Achieving Emotional Fitness.
Health Education & Training Institute (HETI) – Since 2004 HETI has specialized in educational training and coaching using Motivational Interviewing for individuals and agencies working in employment, criminal justice, health care and social services fields. HETI offers coding services through our Coding Laboratory with six coders providing feedback, assessment and coaching using the MITI 4.2.1. HETI Coding Laboratory has provided feedback and coaching for numerous individuals and agencies including Department of Mental Health, Massachusetts, US Courts in Hawaii, Nevada, Nebraska, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan and Iowa, Boston Medical School, Brigham Young Women’s Hospital, NYU Medical School and for PhD candidates. We have provided coded feedback and coaching for over 1000 individuals in vocational services, criminal justice, healthcare, social services, peer mentoring, mental health, and addiction services.
REGISTRATION FEE: *Free for Drug Court Staff (use code provided).
*NHADACA Members $65; *Non-Members $75; *NBCC included. For registration information contact: 603-225-7060 or training@nhadaca.org
8 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 3-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 1, 5-7 & 11-12
CPS Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category 1) & Psychologist Category A
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
PLEASE NOTE: Only one registrant per form. For multiple registrants you must register each one individually. Registration is not complete or guaranteed until payment is received. Payment by means other than credit card may slow down completion of registration. Checks and cash are still accepted, however, your registration will be placed on a pending list until payment is received. We strongly encourage payment by credit card for training of high demand topics. Thank you.
This project was supported by Grant No. <15PBJA-21-GG-04133-DGCT> awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
