Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Join us virtually on August 18, August 25, & September 1 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm MDT each day (18:00-22:00 UTC)
$175 USD
Earn 12 CEs accredited by the American Psychological Association
https://www.nmmitc.com/events/introduction-to-motivational-interviewing-14
This class will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing (MI) practice and skills. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of MI including understanding ambivalence, the MI Spirit, and how we can best support others considering change or growth. This workshop will include opportunities for topic discussion and practice in foundational listening skills, developing focus, and recognizing, evoking, and responding to change talk.
Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based method for promoting change and growth that occurs through a particular way of talking with people that helps to strengthen their motivation and commitment (Miller & Rollnick, 2023). It was introduced to help people with substance use disorders (Miller, 1983) and more than two thousand clinical trials have evaluated its efficacy in the treatment of behavioral health (Lundahl, Kunz, Brownell, Tollefson, & Burke, 2010), medicine (Rollnick, Miller, & Butler, 2008), social work (Hohman, 2015), corrections (Stinson & Clark, 2017), and education (Rollnick, Kaplan, & Rutschman, 2016). Additionally, MI has been shown to work well with a variety of cultures and age groups (Hall, 2001; Lundahl & Burke, 2009) and to be particularly effective with minority populations (Hettema, Steele, & Miller, 2005).
The Trainer:
Alicia Shiver is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and a co-owner of MITC. She is a licensed addictions and mental health therapist and a clinical case manager at a housing first program in California. She has experience training and coaching helpers from backgrounds in public health, medicine, education, behavioral health, addictions, criminal justice, public safety, and child welfare. Her professional interests include motivational interviewing, public health, harm reduction, housing justice, neurodiversity, and community-based participatory research.
