stephenrollnick

I am an Occupational Therapist and practitioner in a Condition Management Programme (CMP) in South Wales, interested in the use of M.I. in this field.  The CMP works with people in receipt of sickness benefits and our role is to help them manage their health conditions more effectively, to improve their well-being and help them realise their aspirations to return to work.

Our team has received training in the use of M.I. with our customers, both individually and in group settings and we have found it very effective in helping to resolve ambivalence about health behaviours and lifestyle habits.  I would like to develop my skills in the use of M.I. and have submitted a separate post enquiring about accreditation of practitioners on this forum.

I would also be interested to have a discussion with anyone else using M.I. in the field of Condition Management/Vocational Rehabilitation, as this seems to be a very relevant area for the approach.  Is M.I. widely used, I wonder, and what is the evidence for its use in this setting?

All the best,
Jan

Hi Jan
I am based in South Wales and have recently trained in the MITI tool mentioned by Rik Bes in his response to your other thread. I have been delivering MI training and supervising staff using MI in their practice in substance misuse for a number of years and I think that the coding audio tapes with the MITI tool and then discussing the results in either face to face, telephone or Skype coaching session is a great way to develop MI skills. I would like to practise my new coding and coaching skills if you would be interested. 

Hi Melanie - thanks for your reply to my post.  I have approached my line manager to check whether confidentiality issues could prevent recording of sessions with customers and we plan to discuss it in more detail.  All being well, I may be very interested in your offer of supervision and I'm very grateful to you for making it! Jan

Dear Jan and Melanie,

great to realise that someone with Melanie's expertise lives so close to Jan in South Wales...... good luck and do share your experiences here in this forum if you want to.

Steve