Los Angeles, CA, USA - Intermediate/Advanced 2 day Training

This workshop is geared towards those who have had an introductory MI training and want to advance their skills. These are some of the tools this Motivational Interviewing workshop will equip you with:

• Pull for change talk and minimize discord and lessen sustain talk in your conversations
• Identifying the back-story of what the client may not be telling you
• Helping the client identify their desired goals
• Strategies and techniques that create momentum for change
• Intermediate/advanced exercises and training in MI
• Differentiate and practice simple and complex reflections
• Practice skills to elicit, recognize and reinforce “change talk”
• Recognize and identity MI skills through role plays
• Advance in all MI skills with focus on reducing client resistance to changing behavior
• Learn some basics of the MITI 4.2.1 coding system and have the opportunity to have one of your MI conversations coded with feedback

Target Audience:

This workshop is geared towards for professionals working with clients with goals of health related behavior change: physicians, nurses, health educators, care managers, dietitians, social workers, counselors, psychologists, life coaches, clergy, probation/corrections officers, dentists, dental hygienists, personal trainers, teachers and students, etc.

What’s included in registration:

12 hours of training
Resource materials
Beverages and Snacks
Schedule: 9-4