Liz Barnett, Msw, Phd Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, Ca, Us

Los Angeles

𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍❈Organizations and practitioners with a mission to help clients make behavior changes.❈Individuals at home who are trying to help their loved ones make difficult behavior changes.❈Professors who are training the next generation of helping professionals can assign it to their students.𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍The MI Companion is an online resource developed to help you put MI into action through videos, downloadable resources, exercises, and quizzes. Each of the six 20-minute modules focuses on one executable skill: resisting the righting reflex, understanding motivation, listening, empowering and structuring. 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐘"These modules have completely changed how I view the conversations I have with people. I have changed my language and how I approach even the simplest of conversations. People put small hints into small talk and I now feel like I pick up on them more easily." - Nursing student at University of California, Irvine. 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 Improved communication skills, client engagement, motivation, behavior changes, improved relationships, more empathy, less arguing.𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒 Physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dentists, dental hygienists, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, alcohol and drug counselors, case managers, service coordinator, caseworkers, school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, probation officers, therapists, foster parents, academic advisors, public health workers, health educators, outreach workers

Greater Los Angeles Area

𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆Anyone who wants to learn the skills of Motivational Interviewing, get better at patient interviewing techniques or motivate others. In fact, getting feedback on your skills via a recorded session, live observation at work, or mock-interview with a standardized patient is one of the most important things you can do to improve your skills. 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓Option A: Submit a 10-15 recorded session (with a client or a friend) and it will be coded using either the MITI or MICA coding scheme. After its review, I'll schedule a 30-minute call to provide your feedback. Option B: Schedule a 45-minute video session with a standardized patient, conduct your Mi session, and receive feedback and coaching in real-time. 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒Greater insight into areas where your skills need improvement, recognition for your existing skills, overall improved communication skills and relationships, less arguing, and more empathy, client engagement, motivation, behavior change.

Greater Los Angeles Area

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓This type of assessment looks at the experience clients have moving through your services to see if (or how) the process is working against motivation. For instance, long waits, long appointments, and being talked to by multiple people about the same things is likely to harm engagement and possibly decrease motivation. After the initial assessment, we will explore ideas about how to make modifications and develop a plan for further action, often including staff training and developing outcome measures to track our progress. 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆✽Organizations and practitioners with a mission to help clients make behavior changes.✽ Individuals at home who are trying to help their loved ones make difficult behavior changes.𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐈 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆Motivational Interviewing training lays the foundation for practicing communication skills that help clients, patients and loved ones decide to make important behavior changes. In-person training can be conducted before or after using the MI Companion as a way to engage learners and practice the skills and spirit being learned. Both online and in-person training review the skills (OARS), tools to respect autonomy, and eliciting change talk questions.𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐘"We have contracted with Dr. Barnett for a couple of years now to provide Motivational Interviewing training for our school mental health staff and she has not disappointed! She provides an engaging training, which utilizes role-plays and exercises which help bring Motivational Interviewing to life. Out attendees have left very positive feedback about the training and have indicated that they feel more equipped to begin utilizing the skills and express interest in wanting to learn even more." -- Stacy Alvey, Mental Health Coordinator, Antelope Valley Special Education Local Planning Area (SELPA)

Greater Los Angeles Area

𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃Professor Nahabedian contacted me regarding using the online practice platform in her interviewing skills and field seminar classes. She was looking for new ways to help her students learn the basics of reflective listening and Motivational Interviewing. While she had always discussed and practiced these skills in the classroom, she wanted a way to help them practice them more outside of the classroom. 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐖𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃Professor Nahabedian and I discussed a model for including the MI Companion in her syllabus as a credit/no credit assignment. She gave the students plenty of time to complete the 6 modules, while I responded to the student responses and gave her updates about student activity. 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒Students reported being grateful for the experience and training in Motivational Interviewing. They reported a greater understanding of the importance and practice of reflective listening, and felt as though the skills would make them a better social worker. As for Professor Nahabedian, in her video testimonial below, she states that she wouldn't teach those classes without the MI Companion again.

Greater Los Angeles Area

𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 A pediatric obesity clinic at a large hospital in Los Angeles contacted me to train their staff in the Motivational Interviewing. At our first training, staff shared details about what the patients experience at a typical appoint: long wait times before the appointment started as well as wait times between seeing the 4 professionals they were required (by insurance) to see during each visit (unless they wanted to come back on a different day). In addition, often each of the professionals would cover similar topics without any knowledge of what the others had talked about. Patients could easily experience 4 'mini" lectures about their diet & exericse of the course of 2+ hours. Next StepsFollowing the training, I came back for a day of live observation in the clinic. I sat in the waiting room, I sat in on patient sessions (with their permission), and I interviewed staff about their ideas and suggestions. After the day of live observation, I made recommendations to the clinic director about how to improve the client experience as a way to increase client autonomy, engagement and motivation. 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐃The clinic found a way to implement all of the recommendations, giving patients a more active role in the process and not just waiting around to be seen and be talked to. These changes have resulted in increases in the patient's level of engagement during their appointments as well as their engagement in their health.

Long Beach, Ca

✽Instructor of research methods & statistics in Human Development, Sociology, Health Science and Health Care Management at CSULB. ✽Instructor of research methods & statistics in Human Services, Social Work and Health Science at CSUDH.

✽ Managed data collection for the Crossover Youth Practice Model.✽ Conducted webinars for new sites. ✽ Analyzed data for outcome reports.

✽Conducted criminal justice research on youth in adult prisons. ✽Evaluated uses of federal block grants. ✽Developed model for reentry from prison back to the community.

Ph.D., Preventive Medicine

Master Of Social Work (Msw)

Ba, European Cultural Studies