Workshop Pricing: 

$33: GPA Members

$53: Non-members

$13: GPA Student Members

Eliciting Change Talk, Softening Sustain Talk 

Virtual Workshop | CE: 2 Hours

Presenter: Megan Benoit Ratcliff, PhD, MPH

Workshop Description:

This intermediate workshop will expand Learner’s appreciation of how the words a practitioner uses can guide clients towards proactive change talk. Strategies for eliciting a client’s motivation for change will be explored, as will strategies for reducing sustain (i.e., maintaining status quo) talk. Learners should have prior knowledge of and experience with motivational interviewing (MI) as content provided will move beyond the basics to include more process-oriented application.

Level: Intermediate

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify “sustain” talk and the ways in which it impairs change
2. Describe strategies for moving clients towards “change” talk

About the Presenter:

Megan Benoit Ratcliff, PhD, MPH is a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral health consultant. She received her Masters in Public Health in Behavioral Science from Emory University. She received her Doctorate from the University of Georgia with additional residency and fellowship training at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She joined the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2014. She has facilitated trainings in Motivational Interviewing for over ten years, with clients including United Way of Atlanta, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

All cancellations must be submitted in writing to Karen Carroll via email (operations@gapsychology.org). A $35 cancellation fee will be retained for any cancellations prior to one week before the event. No refunds will be given within one week of the event.

The Georgia Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Georgia Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.