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Motivation: Igniting the Process of Change
Claire Dorotik-Nana, LMFT$39.00 Original price was: $39.00.$19.50Current price is: $19.50.
Course Abstract
Motivation: Igniting the Process of Change is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores how we can tap into, ignite, and harness our motivation to create lasting change.
Motivation today is one of the most coveted traits, thought to underlie our business success, athletic prowess, and even weight loss. But just how do we motivate ourselves? How do we ignite and harness our own motivation to achieve our goals? How do we call upon our motivation when we need it the most? And how do we keep motivation alive to create the lives we want? This course will explore these questions, and many more.
We will begin with a discussion about why clinicians need to know this information and how this information can be helpful in working with clients. Next, we will look at the research behind motivation, decipher between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation, and explore the roots of what keeps us motivated now, and over time.
Lastly, we will learn the powerful skills needed to create a spark – that is to teach your clients to ignite and harness their own motivation to face fears, make decisions, take action, and create lasting change. Exercises you can use with clients are included.
Closeout Course #31-03 | 2018 | 46 pages | 20 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- Summarize and describe the obstacles to motivation
- Define, compare, and contrast internal and external motivation
- Explain autonomy and its role in motivation
- Identify the function of mastery in promoting motivation
- Describe the importance of purpose in creating lasting motivation
- List five exercises and techniques to overcome typical barriers to motivation
Course Directions
This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
About the Author(s)
Claire Dorotik-Nana, LMFT : Find out More
Claire Dorotik-Nana, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in post-traumatic growth, optimal performance, and wellness. She is licensed to practice in California and Colorado. Claire earned her BS in Kinesiology and worked as a personal trainer for years before becoming a course developer for International Sports Science Association. Claire is always thinking about ways to improve physical fitness and nutrition as a modality for improving mental health. She also writes in her popular blog, Leveraging Adversity on Psychcentral.
Disclosure
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Financial: Claire Nana receives author compensation from Professional Development Resources.
Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist.
CE Information
Counseling
Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 3 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course).
Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Nutrition and Dietetics
Professional Development Resources is a CPE Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR #PR001). CPE accreditation does not constitute endorsement by CDR of provider programs or materials. Feedback for this activity can be sent directly to CDR. Professional Development Resources is also a provider with the Florida Council of Dietetics and Nutrition (#50-1635) and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Download CDR's Critical Thinking Tool - CDR credentialed practitioners must complete and save this form and the certificate of completion should they ever be audited. Failure to include both certificate and completed tool will result in a failed audit and loss of CPE credit. Feedback about the quality of the activity can be sent directly to CDR: QualityCPE@eatright.org
Occupational Therapy
Professional Development Resources is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course provider ID# 3159. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.3 CEUs, intermediate level, OT Service Delivery]. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
School Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
Social Work
Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
Customer Testimonials
This was a great CE program with alot of research-based information and practical tips and suggestions for increasing motivation. Enjoyed this CE course on motivation.
This is a course I will be recommending to colleagues of mine!
Outstanding use of Research Findings regarding the vital understanding of human motivation from multiple worldwide sources, issues, and scientific fields. (Psychology, business, human behavior, addiction, habits, etc.) I will be able to immediately use this course with my patients and to improve myself as a clinician and person. Thank you.
This course is by far the most informative and inspiring course I have taken through PDR. Thank you for the opportunity!
Great course with many applications.
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Definitely directly applicable to practice. Great course!
Excellent application to practice!
I feel more motivated after doing this course!
Excellent course; learned a lot and enjoyed it as well.
This was an excellent course that would help any health care provider or teacher.
Overall a good course that supports work that I'm doing both within my practice and as a volunteer.
Appreciated the clinical exercises for clients.
Excellent review of the literature - thank you!
Exceptionally well organized, informative and practical.
Great training. I will use this material often.
Will be a useful tool to utilize personally, and in my practise.
This was my favorite of your courses thus far. I talk a lot with clients and students about the process underlying effective change. This both reminded me of some erroneous assumptions I have made and offered a great body of work for me to pull from as I work with my clients going forward. Thank you for offering such meaningful, relevant courses! It can be so frustrating to live too far from cities where this kind of depth of training is offered. You are offering me stimulating and practical information that I will absolutely apply to my practice! Thank you!
Very practical and evidence based.
This is one of the best courses I have ever taken on motivation. I also appreciate the therapist's tools given for use with clients/patients.
Excellent course. The material will be very useful with my client population and I am looking forward to incorporating some of the tools in my treatment with my clients. The exam was very appropriate in evaluating the knowledge gained. I am also looking forward to sharing the information with my interns.
Very interesting! Terrific compilation of studies & great examples!
It was a fantastic course! Anyone working with patients would benefit from taking this course. Thank you!
This course was very easy to complete. I learned a lot about motivation. I really appreciated the techniques to ignite and sustain motivation. I will implement the with my coaching and therapy clients.
Well written and researched!
I enjoyed this course, and found the course itself to be motivating. Information was easy to read and follow, and I can see possibilities for clinical application. Overall, I found this course to be a good use of my time. Thanks!
Great approach to a complex topic and full of useful tools.
I enjoyed the course on a personal level and look forward to using the info with my clients.
Nice course!! I will come back to this for refresher/ideas in clinical practice.
Very useful and insightful, both professionally and personally!
Very helpful for behavior modification. Should assist me with education and counseling with non adherent patients.
Enriching and so applicable in my role as population health care coordinator.
It was well-written and interesting. I think that motivation is a very important topic. Useful ideas in working with clients.
Great course; loved all the examples from the studies.
Some of the topics were new to me and relevant for my practice.
Probably the best PDR course I've had to date. Well written, relevant, interesting, applicable, and an overall highly enjoyable course. THANK YOU!
Very relevant and useful information in my work with clients.
I'll use these ideas every day in my clinical work -- so glad I took this course. Many thanks!
Absolutely loved this course! What a wealth of information. I will be using this with my clients!
Great course with very insightful information. Highly recommend.
Very informative and helpful course, and the elephant picture and caption made me laugh!
Excellent course for a Health and Wellness Coach. Especially the content on motivation!
Thank you for helping mental health providers during the COVID-19 crisis. This helped me tremendously. I will be back for future CEUs!!
I really liked the summaries at the end of each section. I also liked the specific strategies given for therapists to use with their clients.
Great course that will help my patients to move forward in their journey!
Thank you! I will definitely use these strategies in my work with students in community college!
The course was well done and did a great job of bringing things together in logical and meaningful ways.
This course was one of the BEST courses I have ever taken! The examples were so helpful. The headers were, as well. When I needed to go back to reread something (I need to reread a lot to process information.) the headers made the course material easier to navigate! Thank you! I will use this material a lot for clients!
Lots of research documentation to back up points presented. Well organized.
Very well organized. Interesting and applicable to understanding motivation.
Love how this information was presented. Easy to understand and practical. I love the practical interventions that were discussed. Great and informative course.
I am exceptionally pleased with this information. I will use it to motivate myself, also.
Loved this course! Thank you!
This course had a ton of research articles, which normally would make it more confusing due to the volume of results. However, the authors summarized the articles so well, that they were easy to remember and put in a coherent framework. I liked the exercises at the end and I will use them with my clients.
This course was helpful and timely as we slowly begin to "venture out" into more normal social patterns in this rollercoaster pandemic world! Seeking motivation for positive changes can be helpful for all of us!
Good information and helpful research. Sparked validation of much of how I have worked with people and also gave me hope for trying things that I thought were too much for people to handle.
I learned so much! Loved it.
This information was clearly presented and substantiated by credible research. Thank you for making it available.
Excellent course. The information was well cited and flowed well.
Great class! I really like learning about the techniques at the end of the course.
This course had a ton of research articles, which normally would make it more confusing due to the volume of results. However, the authors summarized the articles so well, that they were easy to remember and put in a coherent framework. I liked the exercises at the end and I will use them with my clients.
I appreciate how well-organized and concise your educational courses are. The information is always presented in easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement manner. The strategies described are useful for me personally and definitely will be utilized in my professional work with patients. I also enjoy the ease of using your website. Thank you!
Very informative. Gave much needed insight about such an interesting topic. Useful both personally and professionally.
The course was optimized for learning (for example the summary points at the end of each section). Excellent.
The course was well researched and written. I found it very helpful. It was just an excellent course!
All of the studies that were referenced were very helpful in understanding the concepts, and were fascinating!
This online course was extremely effective in expanding my knowledge of what drives motivation and change. The material was presented clearly and comprehensively, providing valuable insights that I can apply in my professional life. I found the author's expertise on the psychology of motivation to be particularly insightful. The course struck an ideal balance between theory and practical strategies for inspiring positive change. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to help patients to boost their motivation or effect change in themselves. The skills I've gained will be invaluable in my work.