Ep 24 – MI for Suicide Prevention For this episode of Talking to Change, ‘MI for Suicide Prevention‘, Glenn and Sebastian welcome Emma Braconier to the podcast. Emma is a social worker based in Sweden, who has worked both as a social care clinician and more recently at a strategic level planning and implementing developments across a range of social services programmes. Along with her quality development role within the child protection services Emma is also a member of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and is a self-employed consultant focusing on providing MI training workshops and seminars nationally and internationally while also supporting the  implementation and integration of Motivational Interviewing throughout Sweden. Emma has volunteered for several years at Sweden’s largest suicide support-line, MIND, where she and other MI trainers also trained all the volunteers in MI with a focus on suicide prevention. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 2:00 – Emma’s introduction 4:30 – Emma’s early MI story 11:00 – Affirming the struggle 17:30 – Finding hope from the Swedish suicide statistics 25:00 – Daring to listen 41:30 – Relevant MI skills: Eliciting “life talk” Affirming actions Double-sided reflections Exploring values 58:45 – Emma enhancing her skills as trainer and parent 1:05:31 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: braconier@gmail.com Facebook: Emma Braconier Website: https://motiverandesamtal.weebly.com/   For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 24 – MI for Suicide Prevention appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 23 – Public Health Interventions & MI Given the challenging times to public health due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are grateful to have Jane Groves on the podcast. Jane lives in the Scottish Highlands. She has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2007. She is currently Chair of the UK & Ireland MINT Chapter, and the MINT committee Motivational Interviewing Across Cultures. She has worked as a public health and health improvement specialist in the National Health Service in Scotland and England for over 30 years, working in partnership with many different agencies and professionals both locally and nationally to change public health strategy, culture, and practice. Her work has covered areas such as health inequalities; community participation and co-production; using asset-based approaches; sexual health; child health; sexual health, and mental health. Now retired from the NHS, she provides training in many aspects of health improvement, including Motivational Interviewing; mental health; principles and practice of health improvement, and brain-friendly learning and training design. She has developed and supported learning communities for trainers and for people working to improve the health of individuals, communities, and populations. She has championed a perspective which includes tackling the factors which cause health inequalities, such as discrimination, inequity, poverty, and powerlessness. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 4:00 – Jane’s introduction 8:00 – Social welfare responses to COVID-19 14:15 – A population health perspective: Individual behaviour AND social determinants 17:15 – Understanding health disparities 21:45 – MI as a way to empower individuals 23:00 – Meaning and purpose as vehicles for behaviour change 27:00 – An example of a public health intervention – Breastfeeding 31:45 – Helping others as a way to help ourselves 34:45 – How MI can inform health care interventions 39:00 – Helping people own their own health care messaging 44:25 – The Rainbow Model of Health – Understanding the wider context 53:30 – Lessons to learn – Old and new 57:00 – Jane’s experience doing genealogy as a public health scientist 1:00:29 – End of recording   Links and contact information: Email: janegrovestraining@btinternet.com For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 23 – Public Health Interventions & MI appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 22 – MI in Emergency Settings We are pleased to welcome Ravi Maharajh, MA, EdS, LPC, ACS, for our next episode of Talking to Change, exploring MI in Emergency Settings. Ravi is currently the Director of Marketing and Communications for “a large community mental health system in New Jersey.”  Ravi is a Licensed Professional Counsellor, having received an EdS in Marriage and Family Therapy and MA in Psychological Studies at Seton Hall University. He has been working with adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness for over 20 years. His clinical work has primarily been in a crisis/emergency setting, working for two New Jersey designated screening centres. He served as the Clinician Supervisor for Acute Psychiatric Services – Piscataway and Program Manager for the Center for Continuing Education before accepting his current role. He is an Approved Clinical Supervisor through the Center for Credentialing and Education, offering clinical supervision to candidates with their LAC and/or LPC. In addition, Ravi has been a certified instructor for Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI) from 2004-2019, training thousands of direct care staff throughout UBHC. Ravi is involved with the Trauma Informed Care & Workplace Violence Prevention committees at UBHC.  He has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2016 and currently serves as the chair for the Inclusivity and Diversity Advisory Committee for MINT.  He is a New Jersey certified mental health screener through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.  Ravi also conducts Biopsychosocial Needs Assessments through Perform Care, LLC, in New Jersey, for ages 4-21 years old.  He has been working with children and families in their homes/community since 2004.  In the past, Ravi has volunteered for the Piscataway Township Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Team as an advocate and certified counsellor (2012-2019) and is a life member of the Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps, retired EMT-B (1997-2006). 0:00 – Opening/introduction 1:45 – Ravi’s introduction 6:30 – Ravi’s early MI story 10:00 – MI in brief interventions 14:50 – Finding your “authentic space” using MI skills 25:30 – Practitioner self-care 35:00 – Change talk in emergency settings 42:00 – Training for the Brooklyn half-marathon 46:29 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: ravimaharajh@gmail.com Twitter: @RaviMaharajh   For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 22 – MI in Emergency Settings appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 21 MI & Therapeutic Humour Next up we welcome Mallori DeSalle, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHC, MATS, CPS, to discuss a topic not often viewed in conjunction with the application of MI. MI & Therapeutic Humour. Mallori is a licensed mental health counselor, nationally certified counselor, medication-assisted treatment specialist and an internationally certified prevention specialist. Over the last 15 years working in mental health, substance abuse and prevention fields, she has worked with children, adolescents, adults, and families serving in a variety of roles including: community prevention coordinator, therapist, substance use educator and trainer. Mallori has worked with healthcare, behavioral healthcare and community based organizations to implement substance use prevention interventions for the last decade. Since 2008, Mallori has been faculty in the Department of Applied Health Science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington.  Within the university, Mallori serves Prevention Insights (a center at IUB) as the Director for SBIRT Implementation and Lead Motivational Interviewing (MI) Trainer. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and listed on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center SBIRT Trainers’ Registry. Mallori provides training and technical support with MI, SBIRT and a variety of other substance use and mental health related areas to multidisciplinary audiences both nationally and internationally. Mallori currently is earning her certification as a humor professional through the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH). She is a member of the board of directors for AATH and serves as the conference chair for 2020. Mallori DeSalle 0:00 – Opening/introduction 1:45 – Mallori’s introduction and early MI story 8:15 – Mallori’s humor story: Letting laughter be ok 12:30 – Searching for what you are good at 17:00 – What does humor mean? 20:00 – Use of humor in clinical contexts 29:00 – Laughter as catharsis, and protection 34:00 – Humor as a barrier; Responding with kindness and safety 40:00 – Humor in the context of training 52:00 – Mallori’s LAffirmations project 1:01:54 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: mdesalle@indiana.edu Twitter: @malgaldesalle Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor: https://www.aath.org/ For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 21 – MI & Therapeutic Humour appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 20 MI when working with people with psychosis  We hope you enjoy our latest episode where we welcome Dr. Rory Allott to the program to explore using MI when working with people with a diagnosis of psychosis. Rory is a Clinical Psychologist working part-time in the National Health Service in an Early Intervention Service working with young people (14-35) and their families. Over the last 20 years he has worked in a wide range of settings including a Diabetes resource centre, drugs services and a wide range of mental health services. Rory was a therapist and researcher on the MIDAS trial (Barrowclough et al., 2010), the largest ever randomised controlled trial of a psychological intervention (MICBT) for people experiencing psychosis and misusing substances. He teaches about supervision and motivational interviewing on the Clinical Psychology Doctoral programmes at the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool. Primarily a practitioner but with a strong interest in research, Rory has an International reputation for innovation in training and has been invited to deliver several Plenary sessions on Motivational Interviewing. He has several international publications, book chapters and conference presentations on the integration of MI and cognitive behavioural therapy.         0:00 – Opening/introduction         1:45 – Rory’s introduction and early MI story         4:30 – Overview of Rory’s work with people with psychosis         9:20 – Empathy: Experiencing, learning, and expressing       18:45 – Noticing the need to shift in conversation: “The helicopter view”       27:20 – Carl Rogers’ influence on working with people with psychosis       33:45 – Risks in connection       38:45 – Acceptance for those with “tenaciously held beliefs”       45:00 – Professional well-being       50:00 – The power of a “kind face”       55:00 – A need for patience       59:40 – Offering choice in mandated situations    1:02:00 – Challenges from auditory hallucinations    1:08:45 – “Not being the worst…”    1:11:40 – Role of medication    1:17:43 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: rory.allott@gmail.com Website: https://roryallott.com/ Short film produced by Rory and his colleagues: #psychosisfilm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQxZCbZ97Vc Paper mentioned during episode: Moyers, T. B., & Miller, W. R. (2013). Is low therapist empathy toxic? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27(3), 878–884. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030274 For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP   The post Ep 20 – MI when working with people with psychosis appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 19 The role of feedback in Motivational Interviewing We are excited to welcome Denise Walker to the podcast as she explores the use of feedback in Motivational Interviewing. Denise is a licensed clinical psychologist, Research Associate Professor at the University of Washington, and Director of the Innovative Programs Research Group. A main area of her research expertise is on the development and evaluation of interventions for marijuana disorders for both adults and adolescents, utilizing brief interventions (Motivational Enhancement Therapy, MET), longer courses of treatment (MET+CBT), and more recently aftercare. She has been involved in the development and evaluation of the Teen Marijuana Check-Up (TMCU), a school-based intervention to elicit self-referral by heavy using adolescents.  The TMCU has been the focus of five clinical trials and is identified as an “Evidence Based” intervention on the NREPP.  Another focus of her work is on adapting the Check-Up model (a motivational enhancement therapy) to reach other high risk populations including active duty military with an alcohol disorder, active duty military with untreated PTSD, and domestic violence perpetrators.                  0:00 – Opening/introductions         2:00 – Denise’s introduction and overview of her work         5:10 – Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and the role of feedback         8:30 – Using normative data       14:10 – Use of MET for active duty members of military with PTSD       27:45 – Role of values in providing feedback       29:45 – The personalized feedback report       34:15 – Findings from the Teen Marijuana Check-up program       48:50 – An alternative to the “righting reflex”       53:45 – Findings from PTSD study       58:45 – Forthcoming research on use of MET for people who have experienced their first episode of psychosis    1:02:25 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: ddwalker@uw.edu   Evidence-based practices resource center: https://www.samhsa.gov/ebp-resource-center (Formerly known as the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices)   For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 19 – The role of feedback in Motivational Interviewing appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 18 Motivational Interviewing with people who have sexually abused Glenn and Sebastian welcome David Prescott to the podcast. David is the Clinical Services Development Director for the Becket Family of Services. David has produced 20 book projects and numerous articles and chapters in the areas of assessing and treating sexual violence and trauma. His latest projects on Feedback-Informed Treatment, Forensic Report Writing, and Trauma-Informed Care were published in 2017-2019. David is a current Fellow and past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, the largest professional organization of its kind in the world. He is also the 2014 recipient of that organization’s Distinguished Contribution award, one of only a handful of recipients. Previously, he received the Bright Lights award from the National Adolescent Perpetration Network in 2007; he has since become a member of that organization’s Board of Elders. David is a Senior Associate and Certified Trainer for the International Center for Clinical Excellence and a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. He is also a Consultant, Supervisor, and Invited Trainer for the Romanian Association for Brief Therapies and Strength-Based Solution Focused Consultancy and on the Scientific Committee of the Polish Institute for Motivational Interviewing. David has lectured around the world, including most recently in Australia, Japan, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Romania, Norway, Namibia, Canada, and the U.K. He has served on the editorial boards of three scholarly journals, Motivational Interviewing: Training, Research, Implementation, and Practice, the Journal of Sexual Aggression, and Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 3:30 – David’s early MI story: Learning from our clients and reversing harmful treatment practices 13:00 – Resisting the “righting reflex” 21:00 – Stretching the limits of compassion 31:30 – The Good Lives Model: Moving “upstream” from behavior 47:00 – A case example: “The ambivalence is there for the understanding” 57:00 – Understanding without collusion 1:01:20 – SOAP: Stable, Occupied, Accountable, Plan 1:06:30 – Recent interests: Being careful with affirmations and compassion in politics 1:13:00 – Closing and contact information 1:15:19 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: vtprescott@earthlink.net David’s website: http://www.davidprescott.net/   For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 18 – Motivational Interviewing with people who have sexually abused appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 17 Motivational Interviewing for Multimorbidity Glenn and Sebastian are happy to share our latest podcast with our guest, Kylie McKenzie, MAPS, FCCLP. Kylie is based outside of Melbourne Australia and is a Clinical Psychologist with more than eighteen years’ experience in a regional public hospital setting. Kylie McKenzie Kylie’s clinical work, focused on mental health and chronic illness, led to the discovery of motivational interviewing as an engaging way to support and promote health behaviour change. Since becoming a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers in 2008, Kylie has been selected as a lead trainer for international workshops in Krakow (2013), Atlanta (2014) and Melbourne (2015). Kylie is a final year PhD Candidate in the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne, and her research is focused on the potential of motivational interviewing in working with people living with mental-physical multimorbidity. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 3:00 – Kylie’s early MI story: Going beyond “assess and advise” 16:45 – Giving advice more effectively 21:00 – Asking questions in the direction of change 24:30 – The challenge of having and treating multiple chronic conditions 29:00 – What do we mean by patient-centered? 35:00 – Helping patients get “the good lines” 40:30 – Collaborative focusing 50:00 – The continuum of MI skills in practice 53:30 – Kylie’s research on improving depressive symptoms in people with multimorbidity as well as understanding MI from the clinician’s perspective 57:20 – Closing and contact information 59:41 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: mckenzie@unimelb.edu.au Twitter: @_KMcK For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 17 – Motivational Interviewing for Multimorbidity appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Ep 16 MI  in Leadership and Organisations (MILO) Fredrik Eliasson Glenn and Sebastian are very excited to have Fredrik Eliasson on our podcast. Fredrik is a social worker with more than 20 years’ experience in management and organisations. His current work involves providing consultation in leadership and organizational development, MI training, and project management at the research and development department at The National Board of Institutional Care (Statens institutionsstyrelse, or SiS). SiS is a Swedish government agency that delivers individually tailored compulsory care for young people with psycho-social problems and for adults with substance abuse. Overall, Fredrik is responsible for the MI training and supervision of more than 4000 SiS employees and he is head of a unit of MI trainers and MINT members. Fredrik is a co-founder of a group called MI in Leadership and Organisations (MILO), which is dedicated to generating awareness of how MI can positively affect work environments. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 2:45 – Fredrik’s early MI story and relationship building 10:00 – MI as “a way of doing the work that I’m doing” 23:00 – Shifting workplace culture 30:00 – Psychological safety in the workplace 45:20 – Ethics and equipoise 51:00 – Psychological safety as a foundation for change 58:00 – Affirmations in strength-based leadership 1:00:00 – Upcoming research on engagement in the workplace 1:04:00 – Closing and contact information 1:06:14 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: fredrik_eliasson@icloud.com MILO website: http://www.miinleadershipandorganizations.com/ Amy Edmonds on Psychological Safety: https://hbr.org/ideacast/2019/01/creating-psychological-safety-in-the-workplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8 For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 16 – Motivational Interviewing in Leadership and Organisations (MILO) appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.

Dr. Damara Gutnick, MD joins Glenn and Sebastian on this episode to talk about Motivational Interviewing in Health Care. Damara is the medical director of the Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative (MHVC) in New York State. She is an Associate Professor in the departments of Epidemiology and Population Health, Family Medicine, & Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and Director of Quality and Research at the non-profit Centre for Collaboration, Motivation & Innovation (http://www.centrcmi.ca). A trainer, clinician, and member of the MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers), Dr. Gutnick is passionate about encouraging clinicians to incorporate the “spirit” of MI into their discussions with patients and dedicated to integrating MI based best practices into health care delivery systems to improve patient engagement in their care.   Damara has presented MI based workshops at national and international forums including the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), American College of Physicians (ACP), the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the MINT Forum. Glenn and Sebastian talk with Damara about incorporating MI into the world of a busy physician through more efficient, effective, and even joyful conversations. 0:00 – Opening/introduction 3:20 – Damara’s early MI story and the collaborative care model 14:45 – Preventing burnout: A shift from “What’s the matter?” to “What matters to you?” 31:00 – “I don’t have time!” A sprinkling of MI in seven to nine minutes 45:00 – Change talk and the stages of change model 52:20 – “Graceful exits” and self-compassion 57:00 – “Starting small” as an MI learner 1:00:00 – Health care transformation in New York State: “Whole person health” 1:04:00 – Closing and contact information 1:07:30 – End of recording Links and contact information: Email: dgutnick@montefiore.org Twitter: @DrDamara1 #LeadingChangeMHVC Damara also mentioned Helen Bevan: @helenbevan Smith’s Smoking Evolution video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z65EppMfHk What Matters to You Movement June 6this International WMTY day: #WMTY19 Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Website: What Matters to You Page- including videos of WMTY stories of impact https://montefiorehvc.org/what-matters-to-you/ Link to the British Columbia webinar I will be co-leading about WMTY on June 6th(WMTY Day). https://bcpsqc.ca/event/what-matters-to-you-day-celebration-webinar/ For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: ChangeTalking Glenn Hinds Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP The post Ep 15 – Motivational Interviewing in Health Care appeared first on Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants.