Motivational Interviewing Enhancing Family Dispute

Resolution

Presenters: Megan Morris, April O’Mara

Supervisor: Kim Halford

Overview

Separation and Adjustment

Implications of court and mediation process on family

Successful Mediator Skills

Motivational Interviewing Skills

Motivational Interviewing Skills Training

Design & Update

Prevalence of Separation

OECD, 2011

Significance of Separation

Court vs Mediation

Lots of pre-post evaluation, qualitative. High satisfaction, high initial rate of agreement

1 RCT FDR > Court (Emery & Wyer, 1987)

No evidence on Effective mediation processes Long term efficacy of agreements Links between process and outcomes.

FDR Research – No Evidence

Design

RCT comparing 3 conditions

Standard

•n = 60 dyads

•Normal FDR

FDR + MI

•n= 60 dyads

•Training : motivational interviewing and Empathy

FDR + Skills

•n = 60 dyads

•Mediation Enhanced and Client Psycho Educational Skills Training

Megan’s PhD April’s PhD

EXPLANATION Opening Statements – Mediator

Opening Statements - Parties ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CLARIFICATION Party Summaries – Mediator

Issue Identification and agenda setting - Mediator ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------

EXPLORATION Consider History

--------------------------------Problem definition – Joint Session------------------------------ Separate sessions as required with each party

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NEGOTIATION Focus on Future

Problem solving – joint sessions

Separate sessions as required with each party

Reality Checking -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AGREEMENT Formalising and recording

PRE-MEDIATION Intake and Assessment

Creating personal and physical

environment

POST-MEDIATION Debriefing and follow-up

Valued Mediator Skills

Use of valued

mediator skills

As measured by:

Client satisfaction with process.

Less re litigation

Higher rate of successful mediation

Higher agreement rate

More realistic agreements

Unhelpful Mediator Behaviours

Inability to manage

emotional intensity of

clients

Timing

Inability to place the child’s

needs first

Professing expertise

Asking embarrassing

questions

A lack of impartiality

Not providing structure

or direction

Summary of Valued mediator behaviours

Providing objective criteria or information

Providing structure

Listening

Establishing an empathetic atmosphere

Reinforcing helpful statements

Expanding on helpful statements

Reframing client statements and information

Summarising client statements

Being future focused: asking the client to consider how they would

like things to be

Why MI ?

MI Skills

Open questions

Future focus

Active Listening

Identifying actions

Identifying desire

Simple reflections

Exploring ambivalence

Complex reflections

Checking in with client

Identifying need

Providing information

Identifying reality

M.I. Non adherent behaviours

Professing expertise

Judging

Not listening

Not checking in with the client

Not asking permission before proceeding.

Mediators Role

Introductory workshop and process training

Skills training/ coaching

Supervision and Feedback

Ongoing assessment/coding and support

FDRP’s MI Training

Project Update