Intermediate

This class is designed for those who have learned the fundamentals of MI and practiced it over time, and now are seeking a more advanced training in MI. These classes will typically have fourteen to sixteen hours of training contact time and include analysis of audio or video tapes, more demonstration and practice exercises, and less didactic material. One key element of advanced training is on differentiating change talk from commitment language, and learning how to elicit and shape the two.

This one-day workshop will help practitioners who have a basic foundation in MI continue to hone their skills. Participants will engage in practice opportunities, real play exercises and receive immediate feedback. This workshop is for anyone who is looking to improve their MI skills and advance their practice.

If you are comfortable with the following concepts, this one-day skills practice is right for you:

• Spirit of MI
• Ambivalence
• Righting Reflex
• OARS

Training Objectives

Two-Day In-House Motivational Interviewing Training with Dr. Jonathan Fader

Who is this training designed for?

~~This interactive workshop seeks to build the skills of practitioners who have already learned the fundamentals of MI and are interested in further expanding their proficiency.  The workshop will review the traps that practitioners can fall into that result in discord and sustain talk, while further augmenting the empathic skills of reflective listening and refining the understanding of the four processes of MI.  The participants will have an opportunity to practice complex reflections and expand the ways to respond to change talk to maximize the commitment to change.  

Motivational interviewing is a form of collaborative conversation for strengthening a person's own motivation and commitment to change. It is a person-centered counseling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change by paying particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen an Individual's motivation for and movement toward a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person's own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.

Motivational interviewing is a form of collaborative conversation for strengthening a person's own motivation and commitment to change. It is a person-centered counseling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change by paying particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen an Individual's motivation for and movement toward a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person's own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.

Motivational Interviewing Advanced Skill Development

In this training you will receive individual feedback regarding Motivational Interviewing practice, have intensive observed practice in Motivational Interviewing skills and update knowledge of Motivational Interviewing (learning about new research and developments).  Participants will strengthen and practice empathic counseling skills,  understand and practice the directive aspects of MI, and build up the capacity to cultivate change talk and soften sustain talk.

THIS TRAINING WAS MOVED TO JUNE 9, 2020

Advancing Your Skills in MI

This day is all about experiential practice. We know we learn MI best by doing! 

Objectives: Advancing Your Skills (6 hours), participants will be able to:

In the 2-day Basic training (Thursday/Friday), we will cover the basics of MI. This is a great introductory exposure to Motivational Interviewing. If you are ready for a solid overview of MI, the 2-day training is a good option for you.