Introductory

This 2-day workshop will be of interest to people in diverse settings and circumstances where conversations about change are an everyday reality. It will include a basic overview of motivational interviewing (MI) with opportunities for further exploration of how MI skills can be developed. 

The workshop will include:

• An overview of MI and its foundations in good practice

• The core skills, four processes in change conversations and change language

• MI-consistent advice giving

3-day MI Introductory Intensive

3-day MI Introductory Intensive

Motivational Interviewing (MI): Introduction to Basic Skills (3 CE Hours)

Friday, February 9, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm, EST

Participants will:

• Use person-centered “OARS” skills to engage clients in behavior change

• Identify aspects of client speech that indicate whether the behavior change conversation is headed in the right direction or getting off course

• Evoke clients’ own motivations and plans for making desired changes

Introductory Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training (13 CE Hours)

Tuesday, Jan 30 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | 9am-4:30pm, EST

This training will be facilitated by MINT Trainer, Sarah Gainey, MSW, LISW-CP/S, and meets NC service definition training requirements. 

Participants will:

• Understand the “spirit,” key principles and theoretical basis of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and apply to one’s own practice

Foundational MI

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.

2-Day MI training in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 13-14, 2024

This is a 2-day introduction to Motivational Interviewing. This training will be held virtually on March 13 and 14, 2024. Tim Milbrandt (MINT member) Program Manager of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center will be facilitating this training. Mr. Milbrandt is a trained counselor and Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialists and as such, most examples will be related to smoking cessation. However, there will also be other behavior change examples used throughout the training.