COURSES
6 CE course developed & presented by Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, SUDP.
Developed by Stephen Rollnick and William Miller as a client-centered evidence-based counseling method for the treatment of individuals with substance use disorders, Motivational Interviewing (MI) has been expanded successfully to be effective for many healthcare settings and different cultures and developmental stages.
MI is a collaborative conversation, a way of being with people that strengthens their own motivation and commitment to change. It focuses on exploring and resolving ambivalence, not imposing change but rather supporting change in a manner congruent with the person’s own values and goals.
Learning opportunities in this workshop include lectures, interactive discussion, video coding, triad role play, and deepening of skill-building through strategic group exercises. This edition of MI with adolescents delves into the neurobiological and developmental stages that must underpin strategy with adolescents. These methods combine to provide techniques and interventions which can be applied immediately. No prior experience in MI is required.
In addition to the above-described learning opportunities, participants in this course will:
- Learn MI principles and the different stages of change as well as the theories that underpin them.
- Distinguish techniques used in MI (OARS) from confrontational techniques.
- Describe common mistakes sometimes seen when attempting MI. Express and practice MI techniques used in counseling.
6 CE course developed & presented by Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, SUDP.
“Randi Jensen is a true expert on suicidality… a great training.” Joe LeRoy, HopeSparks Family Services.
Do you know that the majority of your patients, if they were struggling with suicidality, would probably not tell you? Do you know why?
AND…If you tell your suicidal patient that they have a lot to live for, do you know you have unwittingly pushed them further into their pain and shame?
If you did not know these things, you need to learn how to treat suicidality.
This interactive workshop presents original concepts in the development of suicidality as an ingenious coping mechanism that develops over time. The brain’s neuroplasticity forms neural pathways which underpin the reinforcing suicidal thought pattern. Brain retraining provides formation of new healthful neural pathways.
The healing process is directed, encouraged, and supported through a specifically designed peer protocol based on existing evidence-based social support.
Attendees will be able to:
- Describe the extent of suicide in the general and special populations, e.g., children, adolescents, military.
- Explain the psychobiology of suicidality and its progression.
- Articulate warning signs and symptoms using a simple and effective suicide assessment tool.
- Express and practice Motivational Interviewing techniques used in counseling individuals struggling with suicidality.
- Explain a life-saving peer support protocol and how to implement it.
- Describe ethical considerations, documentation and confidentiality issues.
After completing the necessary classroom instruction and completing the evaluation, you will receive your Certificate of Completion for 6 CE Hours.
This course is approved for WA Department of Health Model List for Continuing Education in Suicide Prevention – #TRNG.TG.60771836-SUIC.
This course is offered periodically at Cascadia Training (http://cascadia-training.org) and can also be independently provided for your agency or company by contacting Randi directly at jsp3@comcast.net.
A 3-hour course developed and presented by Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, SUDP.
In a clinical setting, many patients find it easier to speak freely when they have worked with a clinician over an extended period of time. Many dental hygienists, dentists, and pharmacists have followed the same patients for years and in some cases decades. It is not unusual to find an interchange between these clinicians and patients following their mutual challenges and successes. It is in these close quarters that communication of dire consequences might be expressed. If a patient states that they no longer want to live or indicate in a metaphorical way that they no longer care about life, what does the clinician do? What should be said? What can be said without sounding judgmental or condescending? Such careful wording does not come naturally to most of us.
In addition, it is fundamental to understand that access to lethal means can determine whether a person struggling with suicidality lives or dies. Therefore this course includes a discussion on how to approach someone about their access to lethal means. This course also explains the importance of being able to provide appropriate resources for those who are feeling suicidal whether it is a current situational or a deeply entrenched chronic struggle.
Attendees will be able to:
- Discuss basic facts about the scope of suicide in general.
- Describe various communication styles in active listening and strategies used for intervention and screening.
- Explain the lethality of different suicide methods.
- Define different screening tools and selecting appropriate resources for referral.
- Explain how reducing access to lethal means is an effective way of saving lives by reducing imminent harm and how this can be accomplished.
- Develop an acceptable plan for reduction of lethal means.
- Communicate a suitable follow up on the agreed upon plan.
After completing the necessary classroom instruction and completing the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion for WA DOH listed course for Suicide Prevention. This course is approved for WA Department of Health Model List for Continuing Education in Suicide Prevention –
#TRNG.TG.60937183-SUIC.
This course can be independently provided for your agency or company by contacting Randi directly at jsp3@comcast.net.
It may be offered periodically at Cascadia Training (http://cascadia-training.org).
Whether your occupational efforts involve integrated care counseling for optimum medical/behavioral health outcomes or increasing motivation for academic success, you can benefit from bringing “Motivational Interviewing” and “Recognition and Assessment of Suicidality” into your workplace to make your efforts easier and more efficient in facilitating successful outcomes.
Randi Jensen is available to bring a special individually designed training to your work place.
Other interesting and life enhancing presentations and interactive workshops by Randi include
- Motivational Interviewing: Improving Client Outcome.
- Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents.
- Motivational Interviewing in a Medical Setting*.
- Recognition, Assessment, & Treatment of Suicidality – 6 CE course (WA DOH Approval #TRNG.TG.60771836-SUIC).
- Suicide Screening & Referral, with Special Emphasis on ImminentHarm via Lethal Means* – 3 CE course (WA DOH Approval #TRNG.TG.60937183-SUIC).
- Treatment of Suicidality: 2 Day Intensive*.
