Motivation

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of motivation.

It is designed to help students understand what motivation is, how it relates to needs, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors.

It also covers how to assess and intervene to help people achieve goals effectively.

Students learn the different types of motivation, what shapes it, how to assess and measure it, how to make a theoretical formulation on where people are in their readiness for change, how to foster motivation through intervention such as motivational interviewing, and how to promote motivation on an individual and systems level.

This course is led by a practicing clinical psychologist and the semester is viewed through the lens of application.

Students walk away understanding what to look for, how to ask questions and assess, how to formulate an understanding of an individual's motivation to change, what tools to use, and how to think about motivation on an individual and systems level.

Theory of change is touched upon as well.