Training and Consultation in Pennsylvania

Specializing in Motivational Interviewing and Trauma-Informed Care, among a diverse training catalogue

In-Person and Online workshops for:

Human Services

Schools and Universities

Businesses

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Training for social/human services, educators, law enforcement and business
Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care lead a dynamic and diverse training catalogue
Professional enhancement and personal growth workshops
Highly engaging workshops and consultation, available in-person or via zoom.

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Meet Barb Orr

Based in Lancaster, serving all of Pennsylvania.

Training Catalogue

Motivational Interviewing

  • Motivational Interviewing 
  • Motivational Interviewing Coaching Intensive Workshop (with colleague Marilyn Stein) 
  • Motivational Interviewing for Judges and Hearing Officers
  • Motivational Interviewing for Use with Seniors 
  • Motivational Interviewing Booster Workshops 
  • Motivational Interviewing Train-the-Trainer

Working with Adolescents

  • Adolescent Development
  • Adolescent Mental Health Issues and Intervention Strategies
  • ​Adolescent Offenders
  • Conducting Adolescent Groups
  • Sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender issues of adolescents
  • Working with Female Adolescents    
  • Bullying Awareness and Prevention

Working with Families

  • Blended Family Issues
  • Forming a Partnership with Parents
  • Family Day Planning
  • Getting Families to Utilize Resources
  • Single Parents

Organizational and Professional Health and Productivity

  • Agency Healing
  • Communication Skills
  • Conflict Resolution Among Co-Workers
  • Conflict Resolution with Your Public
  • Cultural Competency: Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Backgrounds
  • De-Briefing
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Effective Supervising
  • Fun & Games (Employee Day)
  • “Growing into Yourself” (self-empowerment group)
  • Mindfulness for Professionals
  • Motivation & Empowerment Techniques
  • Re-igniting Your Passion for Your Work
  • Stress Management         
  • Team-Building
  • Time Management
  • Time Management of a High-Level Caseload
  • Taking Care of Yourself as a Helper
  • Clinicians and Social Media Use

Healing Trauma

  • Trauma-Informed Care
  • Trauma and Self-Care
  • Trauma-Informed Schools
  • Trauma-Informed Care of the Elderly
  • ACE’s Survey Administration

Solution-Oriented Work

  • Solution-Oriented, Strength-Based Casework
  • Solution-Oriented, Strength-Based Counseling
  • S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Other Topics

  • Basic Counseling Skills
  • Bullying
  • Setting Boundaries and Limits with Clients
Motivational interviewing workbook for change agents by barbara orr and marilyn stein

Motivational Interviewing:

A Workbook for Change Agents

$24.99

  • For “change agents” with either a rudimentary or a more advanced knowledge of what Motivational Interviewing is and does
  • Provides increased understanding of and confidence in using this important evidence-based communication approach.
  • Practical exercises that allow for direct application.
  • Self-guided review and activity tool, or in a group setting facilitated by Motivational Interviewing Coaches and supervisors as a means to increase fidelity of this approach in professionals’ daily interactions with clients.
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