Healing Conversations for Family & Friends
​of Survivors of Trauma
REGISTRATION OPEN - April 27th and May 11th

Part 3: Stages of Change
Almost 20 years ago, two well-known alcoholism researchers, Carlo C. DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska, introduced a five-stage model of change to help professionals understand their clients with addiction problems and motivate them to change. Their model is based not on abstract theories but on their personal observations of how people went about modifying problem behaviors such as smoking, overeating and problem drinking.

This model has been so successful in addiction treatment that it is now applied to mental health issues including trauma. Understanding your loved one’s readiness to change by being familiar with the six-stage model of change can help you set reasonable expectations in each of the stages and cut down on your frustration as a helper.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Friends & Family of military, sexual trauma survivors, people with eating disorders, domestic violence survivors, upscale domestic violence survivors, bullied individuals, survivors of general traumas.

Date:                      April 27, 2019
Title:                      Stages of Change
Time:                      9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Location:                Capital Baptist, Annandale, VA
Fee:                        $30.00 ($40.00 at the door)
Sponsored by:          R1:99 & Capital Baptist Church

Your presenters:
Darryl Arrington, PhD, LPC, NCC 
Candace Wheeler, LPC, CDBT, NCC 

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 Healing Conversations for Friends & Family of Survivors of Trauma
Part 4: Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing is a way of being with a trauma survivor, not just a set of techniques for having a conversation. Miller and Rollnick, 1991

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is not therapy but is a technique in which you become a helper in the change process and express acceptance of your survivor. It is a way to interact with them in a non-threatening manner and helps the survivor go inward so they can move toward their personal goals. It is optimistic about the survivor’s capabilities for exercising free choice and changing through a process of self-actualization.

​Essentially, MI activates the capability for beneficial change that everyone possesses. Although some people can continue change on their own, others require more formal treatment and support over the long journey of recovery. Even for survivors with low readiness, MI serves as a vital prelude to later therapeutic work.
 
Motivational interviewing is a helping style based on the following assumptions:
  • Ambivalence about change is normal and constitutes an important motivational obstacle in recovery.
  • Ambivalence can be resolved by working with your survivor’s intrinsic motivations and values.
  • The alliance between you and your survivor is a collaborative partnership to which you each bring important expertise.
  • An empathic, supportive, yet directive, helping style provides conditions under which change can occur. Direct argument and aggressive confrontation may tend to increase survivor defensiveness and reduce the likelihood of behavioral change.
Date:                      May 11, 2019
Title:                      Motivational Interviewing
Time:                      9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Location:                Capital Baptist, Annandale, VA
Fee:                        $30.00 by May 10th ($40.00 at the door)
Sponsored by:          R1:99 & Capital Baptist Church

Your presenters:
Darryl Arrington, PhD, LPC, NCC 
Candace Wheeler, LPC, CDBT, NCC