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 Subject :MI in treatment of addictions.. 19/09/2011 at 14:03:10 
rona elaine
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Hi Eveyone
 
Last year I attended a two day workshop on MI and was vey impressed with this perspective.  Since then I have been reading up on the approach and am about to attend another workshop in October.

At the moment I am a volunteer Health Trainer and now would like to get into the field of working with behaviour changes in clients in the treatment of addictions.

If anyone has ideas of how I can approach this I will be interested to hear.

My aim is to train as an MI trainer so information on opportunities for this will also be gratefully recieved.

Warm regards

Rona
 Subject :Re:MI in treatment of addictions.. 05/10/2011 at 08:04:28 
Stephen Rollnick
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Dear Rona,

the addictions field in the Uk is not huge, and consists of quite a range of services, charities and counselling initiatives.  Some use MI, some not. There are folk on this forum who can advise about becoming a member of MINT - indeed, probably some postings that might help, as will www.motivationalinterviewing.org.

For getting into the addictions field, I would consider heading out into the services in your local area, and offer your services as a volunteer.....? I suggest this without knowing of your qulaifications, which is an important issue?

Kind regards, Steve
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