Introductory

Motivational Interviewing: The Basics

Motivational Interviewing: The Basics

Motivational Interviewing: The Basics

TMotivational Interviewing: Basics & Beyondhis is optional 2 or 3 day training depending on your learning goals. 
In the 2-day training, we will cover the basics of MI. This is a great introductory exposure to Motivational Interviewing. In the 3-day training, we will cover the basics, and there will be a third day of intensive experiential practice of MI. We will spend the third day understanding what MI competency is through the MITI coding system, as participants gain comfort and confidence in MI skills through practice.

This workshop is a gift from Stephen Andrew where participants will learn the fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing, an effective approach in the treatment of challenging clients, and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention.

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.

This special two-day training is an adaptation of our core Motivational Interviewing: The Basics workshop with a focus on working with patients or clients affected by the ongoing opiate crisis. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, evidence-based, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.

Motivational Interviewing Online Course

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.

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

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.