Moving Towards Change

Self-Management Training Workshops for Health Care Professionals

This 2-day workshop was designed for health care professionals, to gain greater knowledge and skill in the behaviour change process.  The program is delivered by Dr. Michael Vallis, who is a psychologist from Capital Health in Halifax and an associate professor with Dalhousie University.                                  

Objectives:

1.  To understand the behaviour change process in order to better establish goals, methods and outcomes

2.  To understand the role of health care professionals in effective behavior change interventions

3.  To become familiar, through didactic (primary day 1 focus) and experiential (primary day 2 focus) methods, with motivational enhancement, behavior modifications and emotion management skills

4.  To discuss challenges to integration of these skills into clinical practice (day 2)

5.  To implement skills in your own practice setting

If you would like to be added to our waitlist for future workshops please contact us