KevinTomlin

MI Trainer Presentation

KEVIN

TOMLIN (he/they)

Indigenous Ways of Practicing Motivational Interviewing

Business Information

Town/City: 

PORTLAND

State: 

Oregon

Country: 

United States

Contact Information

Email address: 

tomlin.kevin@gmail.com

Telephone number: 

+1 (253) 203-4303

More About Me

About Me

Kevin Tomlin provides consultancy, mentorship and training to professionals who help people change.  His focus and interests are in change and behavior change among patients, clients and the practitioners who serve them.  Kevin is a Substance Use Disorder Professional, holding a Masters in Addiction Studies--Counseling Psychology from Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling.  He traces his ancestral roots to the plains people of the Lakota Nation, and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.  Holding an MA in Social Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago, he honors early influences from the ancient traditions of transformative inquiry.  This includes myriad indigenous ways of knowing, Ignatian Spirituality and the American Pragmatism of William James. 

Service Information

Services offered: 

Introductory Training

Intermediate training

Advanced training

Supervision

Coaching

Coding

Training for Groups

Other

Area of practice: 

Health

Addiction

Criminal Justice

Mental Health

Social

Organisational Change

Trainer Statement

I've worked as retreat leader and spiritual director, and these experiences inform my current "ambivalence-informed" approach to helping helpers become better at engaging people with their natural mixed feelings about change.  I recognize my multiple unearned advantages in life and acknowledge my feet stand on land which does not belong to me.  I welcome the ongoing conversation about how best to proceed in this reality.

Training Interests

Learning resilience from folks as together we navigate dominant culture in a way which fosters Genuineness and Spirit. We work together to find an authentic ambivalence-informed approach.

Training language 1: 

English

History

Member for

6 years 3 weeks