Training Manual Teaches Strategies to Motivate Clients in Substance Abuse TreatmentDate: 3/2/2007
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Enhancing Motivation for Change Inservice Training, which gives new substance abuse counselors the basics on motivating clients, is now available from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
This training focuses on strategies to affect how motivated clients are to alter their substance use – to begin and stick to a change in their behavior. Clinicians have found the approaches in this training useful with populations characterized by denial and resistance, such as court-mandated offenders.
The new manual is based on Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 35, Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment and is written so an extensive background in training is not needed. The training approach includes presentation, discussion, group or partnered practice exercises, and between-session assignments to help participants practice new skills and integrate learning into their practices.
Participants will learn about change theory and motivational strategies, learn to assess clients’ readiness for change, and develop skills for enhancing client motivation. This training would be particularly helpful for new counselors or clinicians who are unfamiliar with motivational enhancement. The eleven 1.5- to 2-hour modules include presentation instructions, PowerPoint slides, homework assignments, and handouts.
Enhancing Motivation for Change Inservice Training is available on the Web at http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17504. Copies may be obtained free of charge by calling SAMHSA’s Health Information Network at 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727). Request inventory number PHD1135. For related publications and information, visit http://www.samhsa.gov/.
