Ep 22 – MI in Emergency Settings

Ep 22 – MI in Emergency Settings We are pleased to welcome Ravi Maharajh, MA, EdS, LPC, ACS, for our next episode of Talking to Change, exploring MI in Emergency Settings. Ravi is currently the Director of Marketing and Communications for “a large community mental health system in New Jersey.”  Ravi is a Licensed Professional Counsellor, having received an EdS in Marriage and Family Therapy and MA in Psychological Studies at Seton Hall University. He has been working with adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness for over 20 years. His clinical work has primarily been in a crisis/emergency setting, working for two New Jersey designated screening centres. He served as the Clinician Supervisor for Acute Psychiatric Services – Piscataway and Program Manager for the Center for Continuing Education before accepting his current role. He is an Approved Clinical Supervisor through the Center for Credentialing and Education, offering clinical supervision to candidates with their LAC and/or LPC. In addition, Ravi has been a certified instructor for Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI) from 2004-2019, training thousands of direct care staff throughout UBHC. Ravi is involved with the Trauma Informed Care & Workplace Violence Prevention committees at UBHC.  He has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2016 and currently serves as the chair for the Inclusivity and Diversity Advisory Committee for MINT.  He is a New Jersey certified mental health screener through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.  Ravi also conducts Biopsychosocial Needs Assessments through Perform Care, LLC, in New Jersey, for ages 4-21 years old.  He has been working with children and families in their homes/community since 2004.  In the past, Ravi has volunteered for the Piscataway Township Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention Team as an advocate and certified counsellor (2012-2019) and is a life member of the Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps, retired EMT-B (1997-2006). 0:00 – Opening/introduction 1:45 – Ravi’s introduction 6:30 – Ravi’s early MI story 10:00 – MI in brief interventions 14:50 – Finding your “authentic space” using MI skills 25:30 – Practitioner self-care 35:00 – Change talk in emergency settings 42:00 – Training for the Brooklyn half-marathon 46:29 – End of recording Links and contact information: * Email: ravimaharajh@gmail.com * Twitter: @RaviMaharajh   For suggestions, questions and to enquire about training in Motivational Interviewing contact Glenn & Sebastian Email: podcast@glennhinds.com Twitter: * ChangeTalking * Glenn Hinds * Sebastian Kaplan  For all previous episodes CLICK HERE We welcome all donations to support us GBP

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Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. Guests from across the world discuss their special interest in the research, practice and learning of MI along with its place across health, social care, education and criminal justice. Glenn Hinds is a registered counsellor living in Derry, N. Ireland. He worked as a drug therapist and senior social work practitioner in mental health and alcohol and drug services, from 1990 until 2008, when he created Glenn Hinds Motivation & Coaching Consultants (https://www.glennhinds.com) developing and delivering bespoke training workshops to health, social care, education, criminal justice and human resource practitioners and managers across the UK, Ireland and USA. He has been a member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2003 and has completed Motivational Interviewing Training Integrity (MITI) and Motivational Interviewing Supervisory Training (MIST) training and has written the Motivational Interviewing module for Ulster University Foundation Degree. Sebastian G. Kaplan, PhD, is an associate professor in the Departments of Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent Section) and Family and Community Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Sebastian is a former special education teacher, who currently provides individual and family psychotherapy, primarily with adolescents and young adults, struggling with a variety of life challenges. Sebastian has been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2008. He provides training and consultation in MI for a variety of regional and national audiences. Sebastian is a co-author of “Motivational Interviewing in Schools: Conversations to Improve Behavior and Learning.” (Guilford Press 2016). Sebastian is also a co-developer of “Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents: A Four-Video Series” (http://www.psychotherapy.net/video/mi-adolescents).