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Free Online MI Practice Sessions, Every Monday and Friday

Every Monday at 12 Noon (NYC time zone / 9am Pacific LA / 5pm GMT London)
Every Friday at 12 Noon (NYC time zone / 9am Pacific LA / 5pm GMT London)

Register at: https://mi-practice.com/signup

FREE - WEEKLY - Online Practice Sessions - S. Kershner

Free Online MI Practice Sessions, Every Monday and Friday

Every Monday at 12 Noon (NYC time zone / 9am Pacific LA / 5pm GMT London)
Every Friday at 12 Noon (NYC time zone / 9am Pacific LA / 5pm GMT London)

Register at: https://mi-practice.com/signup

Advanced Communication and Counseling Skills for Guiding Behavior Change Motivational Interviewing 2-Day Training

Special nonprofit pricing available—created with deep appreciation for the difference you make.

This evidence-based training is designed for professionals and leaders seeking to strengthen nonjudgmental communication, enhance coaching effectiveness, and guide meaningful behavior change.

✔ Evidence-based, research-informed approach
✔ Nonjudgmental, client-centered communication strategies
✔ Interactive, skill-based learning with real-world application
✔ Tools you can immediately apply in practice

May 28–29, 2026
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Registration at 8:30 AM)
Butler County Community College – Andover, KS

Presented by Dr. Bridgette Berger Franklin
Email: franklinbiz@msn.com
Limited seats—secure your spot before registration closes.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to: Identify seven types of change talk; Utilize strategies to resolve client discord; Progress through an MI-style of conversation using four tasks: engaging, focusing, evoking, planning; Identify when to counsel with neutrality (equipoise); and demonstrate MI skills through practice dyads.

Agendas for the 2 days:

Day 1 (May 28)

Advanced Motivational Interviewing    Dates: Part 1 11/03/26 1:00pm - 4:15pm Eastern Time; Part 2 11/04/26 1:00pm - 4:15pm Eastern Time

Advanced Motivational Interviewing    Dates: Part 1 09/01/26 1:00pm - 4:15pm Eastern Time; Part 2 09/02/26 1:00pm - 4:15pm Eastern Time

This four-day symposium will offer a series of techniques for transforming the most problematic challenges encountered in everyday caregiving. The spirit, skills and structure of Motivational Interviewing are immediately applicable to clinicians, healthcare workers, therapists, and caregivers in all kinds of clinical settings. Here we will approach the daunting task of creating hope within hopelessness, gracefully exploring a person's spirituality and looking at trauma through a compassionate lens.

This training, which has a prerequisite of at least four hours of Motivational-Interviewing training, will discuss further this effective approach in the treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis, and other challenging symptoms and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention. During this one-day workshop, participants will be offered a brief review, and practice of, Motivational Interviewing spirit and some basic skills, and an overview of what's important.

This training, which has a prerequisite of at least four hours of Motivational-Interviewing training, will discuss further this effective approach in the treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis, and other challenging symptoms and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention. During this one-day workshop, participants will be offered a brief review, and practice of, Motivational Interviewing spirit and some basic skills, and an overview of what's important.