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| John Friend, Ph.D. |
Motivational interviewing was developed to help professionals from all walks of life improve communication, rapport and outcomes with diverse individuals ambivalent about behavior change. You'll learn easy-to-implement techniques that will lead to more efficient and impactful conversations that help individuals find their motivation to change and assist you with difficult conversations that include clients, patients and students who present as apathetic, upset, frustrated or negative. Motivational interviewing provides a collaborative framework that offers opportunities to lift the atmosphere, reduce staff burnout, improve practice culture, and improve the well-being of helpers and their clients, patients and students.
The speaker will be John Friend, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and director of the University Counseling and Testing Center at the University of South Alabama. He earned his doctorate in clinical and counseling psychology from USA. His clinical work is driven by his interest in the application of behavioral principles to understanding topics such as purpose, meaning and values, the therapeutic relationship, and present-moment-focused work.
