Earn 2 CEs accredited by the American Psychological Association 

$30 per person

Cultivating Change Talk with Dr. Theresa Moyers

What we say and how we say it matters. Dr. Moyers will present research and rationale for the strategic use of OARS to cultivate and respond to change talk. By responding intentionally in favor of change, helpers can influence the amount of change talk in an MI conversation and guide a client towards positive change and successful outcomes. 

Objectives

• Identify key strategies to cultivate change talk
• Use OARS skills to strategically respond in favor of change talk
• Describe the difference between simple and complex affirmations

Theresa B. Moyers, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Moyers’ research focuses on the training of therapeutic skills as well as identifying causal mechanisms of Motivational Interviewing. She has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in this area and is the author of the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) coding system. Dr. Moyers has been featured in several MI training videos, including The Rounder and The Committed Smoker. She is co-author of the 2021 book Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes.