Going with the Flow: Ethics and MI with Mandated Clients

This workshop will cover ethical issues specific to providing therapy to mandated clients; maintaining our ethics with other professional entities; provide an overview of the basics of the MI model; delve into treatment factors specific to clients mandated into treatment; and cover building effective therapeutic rapport and establishing a working relationship that fosters change. This will be an interactive training with opportunities to practice with trainers and other participants. Participants will come away with an understanding of the spirit of the MI model, ways to foster ownership of the model, understanding issues unique to mandated clients in treatment, and strategies and skills to create effective treatment.

6 Hours

Jeanne Croy, LCSW, CCS (she/her) has over 25 years of experience in mental health, working with children, adolescents and adults in the fields of mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, and forensic interviewing and evaluations. She is the recipient of fellowships at the Yale School of Medicine as a Psychiatric Social Work Fellow and Zigler Fellow and is a former faculty member at the Yale Child Study Center. She has specialized training in a range of therapeutic modalities, including evidence-based treatment for anxiety, depression, trauma, and other concerns. She currently has a private practice and provides training, supervision and consultation.

Shayne Croy, LCSW, LADC (he/him) has over 25 years of experience in mental health and substance abuse, including extensive work with high-risk adolescents and young adults. He received his Master’s in Social Work from the University of Connecticut, an internationally leading program in the field. He is trained and certified in several evidence-based modalities for substance use, trauma, anger and aggression, depression, issues of gender and sexuality, and other challenging life issues. He has received specialized training and supervision in Brief Strategic Family Therapy under Olga Hervis, one of the model’s developers, and the Duluth Model in domestic violence interventions. He currently has a private practice and provides training, supervision and consultation.