Introductory

This training reviews core concepts and skills of MI, foundation counseling, and communication skills that can be used by clinical or non-clinical professionals. Advanced MI concepts introduced after building solid foundation of introductory and intermediate skills.

Short skill demonstration videos

• Downloadable and printable practice sheets discretely guide conversations, or use the sheets to practice skills while role playing with colleagues

• Training available at work and at home, on your computer, tablet, or phone

Basic Motivational Interviewing (up to 20 participants)

Motivational Interviewing: An Introductory Online TrainingLearning Objectives:

Engage with MI skills.

Through this training, we’re confident that learners will:

· understand the purpose of MI and how it compares to other approaches to helping people change

· understand the core spirit, processes, and skills of MI

· strengthen your empathic and person-centered counseling skills

· learn how MI can be readily applied as a best practice in your setting

Dates & Times: Wed., Mar. 24th and Thu., Mar. 25th at 12:30pm-4:30pm ET; 5:30pm-9:30pm UTC

Format: Live, interactive, 8-hour online training via Zoom. We welcome global participants to our trainings.

Facilitators: Onna Brewer, PhD and Margo Bristow, MA

Event language: English (closed captioning available in Zoom)

Audience: Clinicians and helping professionals with an interest in learning Motivational Interviewing at a beginner/introductory level

Continuing Education: 8 CEs available for Illinois Licensed Counselors (IDFPR 197.000258)

Organization discount: Register two providers from one agency and receive a complimentary registration for a third member of your organization!

Dr. Brad Lundahl is a tenured professor of social work and clinical psychologist whose motivational interviewing research has been cited in thousands of studies.

A meta-analysis of motivational interviewing: Twenty-five years of empirical studies

We have adapted our usual two-day workshop for a virtual tele-conferencing format to provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention -- when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, evidence-based, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.

We have adapted our usual two-day workshop for a virtual tele-conferencing format to provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention -- when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, evidence-based, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.

We have adapted our usual two-day workshop for a virtual tele-conferencing format to provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention -- when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, evidence-based, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a conversation style that supports change in a manner congruent with a person’s own values and concerns using collaborative, goal-orientated methods of communication. This introduction covers the spirit, core skills and processes of MI, as well as the most current research of MI use and effective practice. Professionals from a wide array of helping roles such as education, dental care, addictions, healthcare, social services and counseling can benefit from learning MI.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a conversation style that supports change in a manner congruent with a person’s own values and concerns using collaborative, goal-orientated methods of communication. This introduction covers the spirit, core skills and processes of MI, as well as the most current research of MI use and effective practice. Professionals from a wide array of helping roles such as education, dental care, addictions, healthcare, social services and counseling can benefit from learning MI.