10 Hr. Motivational Interviewing (Jan 28, 30, 2026)

This highly interactive and experiential workshop targets coaches, peers, and clinicians seeking an engaging learning experience incorporating both Spirit and Skills in a high-value Motivational Interviewing training. The workshop offers a hands-on learning approach with ample opportunity for individual and group practice, discussion, and real case scenarios. Participants will leave with knowledge and skills for tangible, non-clinical methods and tools to help motivate and target behavioral change. 

Motivational Interviewing's emphasis on change talk makes it a unique, powerful, and evidence-based intervention. Learners will explore a combination of basic and advanced skills and principles. An emphasis on client-centered skills is ubiquitous in this training, as are the guideposts autonomy, partnership, and compassion.

Participants will learn skills for eliciting change talk with their clients,  helping them to gain and enhance motivation towards making meaningful behavioral changes. 

Numerous learning techniques will be implemented, including discussion, exercises, demonstration, interactive practice, and real plays. 

Learners will hear about the latest research that guides Motivational Interviewing's increasing focus on affirmation, reflection, and recognizing, reinforcing, and evoking “change talk”!