"Keep inspiring people. You are a star!” Motivational Interviewing with Turning Point, Salford, July 2024
Greetings one and all,
I have been very lax with my updates, basically I’ve been incredibly busy! I actually didn’t get a day off during June and July and now that we are in August – a break awaits me. Well, before that, here comes a little update. Earlier this week, I spent two days with the absolutely wonderful troops from Turning Point. For those of you at the back, who don’t know what Turning Point do…well, in their own words, “Whether you come to us with drug or alcohol issues, a mental health concern, or a learning disability, we'll give you the individual support you need.” The staff were uniformly brilliant, with a wonderfully compassionate view of support they can offer people.
My two-day Motivational Interviewing course was something of a hit with the staff from Turning Point (and Crisis Point). I created the course, bespoke to their needs. I had all new training films, (thank you Sandra and Lynda), new resources and more importantly a group of learners who really wanted to be there. They each took their time over the tasks and stated how the things that I was teaching them would benefit them in their roles.
I interviewed a raft of people to prepare myself for the course, tackling, drug and alcohol issues along with mental health issues and self-help treatments. The assembled learners threw themselves into each and every task. Helped somewhat by the rather stunning venue that we found ourselves inside. As part of their corporate social responsibilities, global lawyers for business; ‘Eversheds Sutherland’ offer Turning Point their training rooms. What a gesture. Sometimes the training arena can be a real boon, and this certainly was – wonderful! The Eversheds staff were exemplary and I can’t tell you just how helpful they were.
Can you tell that I loved the two days of training! As you can see from the feedback, so did they:
“The most informative, interactive, useful, funny and interesting, (especially your fun facts!) training session I’ve ever attended. I never thought I wouldn’t want a session to end! Thank you so much for all of the effort and everything you did for us. And what you do for the world.”
“Fun, interactive, made the content interested and I wanted to learn more. There were different types of activities which helped with everyone’s different learning styles. Thank you so much.”
“This was very good and informative training, a great use of teaching methods by Steven, with appropriate real-life examples of lived experience, (Ryan.) I would recommend this training to professionals who want to make as much as an impact on services as Steve has.”
“Fruitful! I am glad that I participated in the course. I love the case studies shared by Steven, (Ryna.) Motivational Interviewing would be useful when talking to one of our guests. I am actually looking forward to putting what I learned into practice. Apart from the MI, I thoroughly enjoyed the reflective parts of the course. You have inspired me to strive for personal growth. Thank you so much.”
“Truly engaging training which has given me a new way to approach supporting people. The practical exercises were really helpful in applying the MI skills. Steven has incredible levels of knowledge about supporting people. Thank you Steven for a thoroughly enjoyable course and the insights and positive reinforcement that you gave us throughout the two days.”
“The course was very productive, educational and informative. The trainer (Steve) made good use of various teaching methods, he made sure that each task was interactive, he was knowledgeable and respectful throughout and helped us out individually. This really inspired my learning. I enjoyed every single bit of this training.”
“Really interesting and informative training. I felt engaged throughout. It was so refreshing to have a trainer who was passionate about what they teach.”
“Extremely engaging training. I have learnt a lot of valuable skills that will help me and my clients. The approach to learning was helpful to me as I engaged with the concepts and Steven seemed like a great person.”
“Thank you. These skills will be useful in my current job and when I finally become a psychotherapist!”
“Steven is very good at his job, very positive energy comes from him and I have learnt so many, many things. Thank you and keep inspiring people. You are a star!”