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Professional Development Seminar |
"Motivational Interviewing for
Your Compulsive Hoarding Clients"
Presented by
Dr. David Tolin
Many individuals with compulsive hoarding exhibit limited
insight into the severity of the problem. Even among those who
recognize the problem, many are highly ambivalent about changing
their behavior. Direct confrontation of ambivalence has been
generally found to be unhelpful, frequently resulting in arguments
and entrenched positions. Motivational Interviewing (MI), a style
of communicating derived from substance abuse research, helps
clients explore ambivalence in a non-threatening manner and appears
more likely to lead to acceptance of intervention and subsequent
follow-through.
In this workshop,
we will discuss the principles and assumptions of MI, examine
specific MI techniques, and practice aspects of MI in active
role-play exercises.
When: Saturday,
June 6, 2009
Where: Doubletree
Guest Suites - Waltham, MA
About our speaker:
Dr. Tolin
is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The
Institute of Living and Adjunct Associate Professor at Yale
University School of Medicine. He is the recent recipient of the
award for Distinguished Contribution to the Science of Psychology
from the Connecticut Psychological Association. Dr. Tolin is the
author of over 100 journal articles, books, and book chapters, and
over 160 research presentations to national and international
organizations. His research has been funded by the National
Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Tolin has been a recurrent guest on
The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News,
and The Oprah Winfrey Show. A leading expert on compulsive
hoarding, Dr. Tolin is the author of Buried in Treasures: Help
for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding.
For more information on Dr. Tolin,
click here.
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