Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy

Engaging Ambivalent Clients: Enhancing Motivation and Building Self-efficacy

BodyMatters Australasia

About this event

Enhancing our client’s motivation to change and building their self-efficacy is absolutely paramount when it comes to treating people experiencing eating and body image issues- including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. This one day workshop for allied health practitioners provides an introduction to/ refresher of motivational interviewing with a specific application to eating disorders. In particular the workshop will emphasize how to work with clients in precontemplative, contemplative and determination/ preparation stages of change.

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the transtheoretical stages of change with specific application to eating disorders
  • Appreciate the key barriers to recovery for eating disorder sufferers Understand how to support clients to move through precontemplation, contemplation and preparation stages of change 
  • Understand how to build insight in people experiencing eating and body image issues
  • Describe a novel treatment mechanism positing open expression = trust = social connectedness
  • Increase motivation to change for people experiencing eating and body image issues
  • Build self efficacy in people experiencing eating and body image issues




Requirement

none




Contact Details

Person: BodyMatters Admin

Email: info@bodymatters.com.au




Speakers

Sarah McMahon Director of BodyMatters Australasia and Psychologist, BodyMatters Australasia

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