Motivational Strategies for Promoting Self-Change

Helping clients to help themselves is an important part of every counsellor's job. With this video, you'll learn how to:

enhance your client's commitment to change, using a variety of motivational interviewing techniques, and encourage your client to maintain that commitment
help your client set realistic goals, recognize the costs and benefits of change and deal with high-risk situations
use tools to give clients feedback about their past drinking patterns, related health risks, financial costs and caloric intake, and how their drinking compares to national patterns
give clients "homework" to help them identify high-risk situations and learn new behaviours.

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