View Recording

This session helps clinicians refine their Motivational Interviewing skills for situations involving ambivalence, avoidance, and challenging interpersonal dynamics. Participants will learn how to elicit, amplify, and strengthen change talk using the DARN framework (Desire, Ability, Reasons, Need), and how to help clients develop personally meaningful reasons for change even when participation is mandated. The session will also cover practical, non-confrontational methods for rolling with resistance including responding to defensiveness, disengagement, and oppositional statements while preserving rapport and therapeutic momentum. Through integrated practice scenarios that mirror real-world forensic interactions, participants will learn to apply advanced MI techniques to enhance motivation, reduce behavioral escalation, and support patients’ movement toward treatment participation and competency-related goals.