Paul Burke (Dip.Ed., B.Ed., M.A., R.S.W., CACII) is a veteran in the field of health behaviour change. For more than twenty years he worked with AADAC (the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission) and is well known in the field for his broad experience base as:
- Addictions Counsellor,
- Training Coordinator,
- Prevention Consultant,
- Team Leader,
- Clinical Supervisor, and
- Clinical Director
Since 1993, when Paul completed his initial workshop training in MI (Trainer: Dr. Stephen Rollnick, co-author, along with Dr. W.R. Miller of the primary MI text) he has participated in more than 10 additional M.I. workshops courses with trainers such as Drs. Rollnick and Miller, and other key people in th field of MI practice and research. He received instruction under Jeff Allison (Consultancy in Edinburgh,UK) in a "train-the-trainer" intensive. Paul completed his first MI "Training for Trainers" workshop in Crete, Greece, in 2003 (Instructors: Dr. Rollnick and Dr. T. Moyers ) and completed a second in Miami, Florida, (Instructors: Dr. D. Ernst and Dr. R. Demmel). He also has training and experience in the using of the MITI coding system and in MI Supervision.
Paul offers a broad spectrum of education and skill development workshops and seminars related to a variety of applications of MI for organizations across Canada. Literally, Paul can say that he has trained "coast-to-coast-to-coast" in Canada! He has provided workshops as far north as Inuvik and Whitehorse; as far west as Vancouver and Victoria and east all the way to Halifax, St. John's, and P.E.I - (and, of course, to dozens of towns and cities in between).
In addition to speaking engagements at conferences, Paul currently conducts more than 40 M.I.workshops per year. Since 1996 he has facilitated more than 300 workshops at both the introductory and advanced levels. He is also lead consultant to organizations that want to develop in-house learning systems for advancing the practice of M.I. Paul is noted for excellence as an instructor and conference presenter and for his entertaining, humorous and creative approaches to facilitating learning. Always with outstanding reviews and feedback, he has presented across Canada to addictions counselors, social workers, teachers, health educators, nurses, physicians, clergy, police officers, military personnel and corrections workers.
Paul invites you to drop him an e-mail (paul@paulburketraining.com) or to call anytime - if you'd like to "chat MI" or just to bounce around some ideas for how we might be of assistance with you or your group!
