How do you effectively work in an environment where there are many challenges? Poverty, criminal gangs, drub abuse, load shedding, injustices, gender based violence…..these are huge reasons why people’s defense mechanisms are peaking. This results in discourse and resistance.
You cannot guide a person who does not want to be guided. Neither can you help a person who doesn’t want to be helped.
Motivational Interviewing is a fantastic way of relating to people in order to evoke their motivation and willingness to change.
As an instructor I was thrilled by the enthusiasm that the leadership team showed this week as they were consuming new knowledge. Several of them spoke to me afterwards and expressed a desire to learn more.
What a great start of the partnership between Evoke 100% and Philisa Abafazi Bethu Womxn Center.
