Introductory

This online training series on Motivational Interviewing will provide a basic overview of the fundamentals of MI as well as the latest updates. Whether you've heard of Motivational Interviewing or just want to improve your communication skills, this is a fantastic class to take!  Based on the physics of behavior change, participants will learn assessment and communication skills that foster sustained behavior change by tapping intrinsic motivation. Aside from a didactic approach, there will be video examples, audience participation, and skill practice.

This online training series on Motivational Interviewing will provide a basic overview of the fundamentals of MI as well as the latest updates. Whether you've heard of Motivational Interviewing or just want to improve your communication skills, this is a fantastic class to take!  Based on the physics of behavior change, participants will learn assessment and communication skills that foster sustained behavior change by tapping intrinsic motivation. Aside from a didactic approach, there will be video examples, audience participation, and skill practice.

Virtual 2-Day Introductory Motivational Interviewing Training - Dr. Bukky Kolawole is hosting an introductory Motivational Interviewing (MI) training on Thursday, November 12th and Friday, November 13th. This training is appropriate for professionals/professionals-in-training who have had no prior or some exposure to Motivational Interviewing techniques. People whose work involves helping clients achieve behavior change, (i.e. Coaches, Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Physicians, Nurses, Case Workers, Outreach Workers, Dietitians, Therapists, Clergy, Personal Trainers, Probation/Parole Officers etc.) will benefit most from this intensive MI training.

In a full-day introductory workshop, participants will learn the basic concepts related to Motivational Interviewing: Evocation, compassion, partnership, acceptance.  Special attention will be paid to naming and describing the skills of Motivational Interviewing: Open ended questioning, affirming, reflective listening, and summarizing.  Participants who complete the introductory training generally receive the knowledge necessary to talk about Motivational Interviewing with others, and will usually leave with a new set of skills to begin practicing individually. 

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.

During this four-week online workshop, participants will learn: the fundamentals of motivational interviewing, the core OARS strategies of the motivational interviewing process, ways to identify and elicit change talk, as well as strategies for exploring and resolving ambivalence. The learning process is varied across several modalities, to maximize your opportunity to familiarize yourself with motivational interviewing as it can be applied in your practice.

During this four-week online workshop, participants will learn: the fundamentals of motivational interviewing, the core OARS strategies of the motivational interviewing process, ways to identify and elicit change talk, as well as strategies for exploring and resolving ambivalence. The learning process is varied across several modalities, to maximize your opportunity to familiarize yourself with motivational interviewing as it can be applied in your practice.

MI Introduction and Skill Building

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based communication style--designed to help people identify their own readiness, willingness and ability to make meaningful change in their lives. We will talk about techniques to draw out people in order to explore their motivations, resolve ambivalence, and help them become empowered to make change to meet their own goals.