Motivaitonal Enhancement Therapy (MET) for Addictions, Mental Health and Co-Occurring Disorders will help counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, alcohol and drug counselors and addictions professionals get continuing education and certification training to aid them in providing services guided by best practices. AllCEUs is approved by the california Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC), NAADAC, the Association for Addictions Professionals, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Board of Georgia (ADACB-GA), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) and most states.

1. Motivational Enhancement Therapy Instructor Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes Ph.D., LMHC, CRC, NCC Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99

2. Behavioral Emotional Environmental Mental Social Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Components of Motivation

3. Ask what three things your patient hopes will be different when treatment is over. Each of these is a starting place Look for commonalities If they are at “1” now, what does “10” look like? Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Where to Start

4. How will they act differently? What are they going to do to move from a “1” to a “2,” a “3” etc. What behaviors can they increase? What behaviors do they need to eliminate? Identify behaviors that will improve one or more goals… Health: Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep Social: Hobbies, Relationships Environmental: Safety, Comfort Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Behavioral

5. How will they feel once they achieve their goal? How do they feel about changing? What is scary? What is exciting? What are the downsides to changing? What can they do to stay excited? Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Emotional

6. What is the environment like now? After the change? How do they feel in the new state Does anything in the environment need to change? What positive aspects are already in the environment? Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Environmental

7. How does their attitude need to change? What positive things do they foresee with their change? How is this a challenge? What aspects of this change do they have control over? Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Mental

8. How do their friends support their change? How will their friendships change? Are there friends who may sabotage them? Do they have sufficient social supports? How with their recreational activities change? Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Social

9. Goals must be: Observable Measurable: frequency, intensity, duration Realistic Time-Limited We only do things that are (or we think are going to be) rewarding. New behaviors must meet the need or provide the same intensity of reward as old behaviors. Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Goal Setting

10. Positives Changing Not Changing Drawbacks Changing Not Changing Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Decisional Balance

11. Coin toss Have people behave as if the change has already occurred. Did they feel different? Did anything change with regard to what they paid attention to? Did people’s reactions to them change? Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Act As If/Fake It ‘Til You Make It

12. Accept the things I cannot change Change the things I can Know the difference Locus of Control Internal- I can affect the world around me External-Nothing I do will matter Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Locus of Control

13. Safety Food Medical Care Physical Comfort Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Basic Needs

14. First is safety and health Then love and belonging External validation Comes from others Sometimes promotes conditions of worth Internal validation Comes from within Proclamation that you are okay for who you are Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Validation/Love and Belonging

15. We are motivated to meet our needs Motivation is improved when we strive to better meet our needs Safety (environmental) Health (environmental) Love and Belonging (social) Self-Esteem (emotional) Goals (mental) Copyright CDS Ventures, LLC 2010 Unlimited CEUs for 12 months $99 Summary