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About the sector

The community managed mental health sector is a key provider of mental health services and supports to people in the community.

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Mental Health Rights Manual

An online guide to help explain your legal and human rights in the mental health and human services systems in New South Wales.

Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Feeling safe and empowered to speak up in the workplace is even more important for mental health settings.

Mental Health Peer Navigation

New accredited training for peer workers to support consumers with navigating the mental health system for their recovery journey.

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Our members are community managed mental health organisations, large and small, local and NSW-wide service providers.

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Training Registration

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Applied Motivational Interviewing

Course Fee: Members $190 | Non-members $250

Duration

1 day

Course Outcomes

Explore the background and principles underlying motivational interviewing
Understand motivation and ambivalence and identify stages of change
Apply the principles and practices of motivational interviewing within the context of mental health and substance use
Develop core skills used in motivational interviewing for eliciting change-talk and strategies for ‘rolling with resistance and reluctance’
Learn O.A.R.S techniques in practice
Understand and apply strengths-based language
Explore the decision-making tool of Decisional Matrix
Explore the Columbo Approach (Finding discrepancies)

If you have any questions or issues completing the registration form below, please contact us by email training@mhcc.org.au or phone 02 9060 9627.

REGISTRATION FORM