Thursday, October 31, 2024, Foundations Group C via Zoom
Friday, November 1, 2024, Foundations Groups A & B via Zoom
8:30am-1:00pm

This workshop focuses on the challenge of engaging peripheral and reluctant family members in family treatment. One of the core mechanisms of change in ESFT is ensuring that all key family members have been identified and are engaged and participating in the change process. Common reasons that a family member may be reluctant to participate in treatment are identified, along with Motivational Interviewing strategies for addressing these challenges. Resistance is described in terms of the Stages of Change and the relationship interactions between the family member and the ESFT therapist.  Motivational Interviewing techniques such as Rolling with Resistance, Developing Discrepancies and Increasing Self-Efficacy are defined, discussed and then role played for skill development.  

Objectives:

As a result of participating in this workshop, therapists will be able to:  

1. Define treatment resistance from a relationship lens.
2. Identify Motivational Interviewing strategies for increasing family member engagement in sessions. 
3. Practice Motivational Interview strategies, such as rolling with resistance, developing discrepancies and increasing self-efficacy.

This workshop counts toward required annual training hours in Family Based Mental Health Services but is not currently available for CE credit.

This is a beginner level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

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