Intermediate Skills Lab

So... you have taken basic training in Motivational Interviewing, but feel like you aren’t yet fluent in MI?

Dr. Kate Watson, President and Founder of The Advocacy Academy hosts workshops tailored to the needs of many professionals including, but not limited to those who come from:

• Healthcare/ Fitness
• Social Work/ Social Services
• Psychology
• Victim/ Survivor Advocacy
• Criminal Justice
• Education
• Leadership/ Management

Enhanced Motivational Interviewing by eSym follows the Deliberate Practice Method popularized by Malcolm Gladwell including step-by-step guides to essential MI concepts and skills. This 2-hour training is designed for the busy practitioner.

Our program is a partnership of eSym and the University of Utah where Dr. Lundahl is a tenured faculty member. A practicing psychologist and a MINT trainer with more than 15 years’ experience, Dr. Lundahl’s motivational interviewing research has been cited in more than 2,000 studies.

$29.99 for the 2-hour session.

In this course there will be a review of the underlying spirit, structure,and principles of Motivational Interviewing. This course invites and challenges students to look deeper, to do more complex reflections, and to give themselves more feedback. Participants will look at the skills that will help get clients to the ambivalence and the struggle. At the end of the course participants will Demonstrate and practice MI in action by applying MI in a live, recorded conversation.

In this course there will be a review of the underlying spirit, structure,and principles of Motivational Interviewing. This course invites and challenges students to look deeper, to do more complex reflections, and to give themselves more feedback. Participants will look at the skills that will help get clients to the ambivalence and the struggle. At the end of the course participants will Demonstrate and practice MI in action by applying MI in a live, recorded conversation.

In this course there will be a review of the underlying spirit, structure,and principles of Motivational Interviewing. This course invites and challenges students to look deeper, to do more complex reflections, and to give themselves more feedback. Participants will look at the skills that will help get clients to the ambivalence and the struggle. At the end of the course participants will Demonstrate and practice MI in action by applying MI in a live, recorded conversation.

This training reviews core concepts and skills of MI, foundation counseling, and communication skills that can be used by clinical or non-clinical professionals. Advanced MI concepts introduced after building solid foundation of introductory and intermediate skills.

Short skill demonstration videos

• Downloadable and printable practice sheets discretely guide conversations, or use the sheets to practice skills while role playing with colleagues

• Training available at work and at home, on your computer, tablet, or phone

Intermediate Motivational Interviewing (up to 20 participants)

Motivational Interviewing: Deepening Your Skills

Dr. Brad Lundahl is a tenured professor of social work and clinical psychologist whose motivational interviewing research has been cited in thousands of studies.

A meta-analysis of motivational interviewing: Twenty-five years of empirical studies