Motivational Interviewing Level 2 - SOR

Motivational Interviewing (MI) Level 2 is designed for persons who have completed an introductory training and have begun to utilize the model in their practice. This training will help participants to further develop MI skills and strategies beyond the basics in a supportive and challenging environment. Advanced strategies for eliciting change talk and advance OARS will be provided. Participants will hone their skills by participating in experiential exercises with other MI practitioners who will provide strength-based feedback. A working camera and microphone is required to attend this training, there will be a noon-1pm lunch break, MST, both days. (12 CEUs)

Emily Everhart, MA, LMHC (she/her/hers) graduated from Southwestern College (Santa Fe, NM) and works as a therapist, trainer and training coordinator at Serna Solutions. Emily is LGBTQIA-affirming. She completed the New Earth Institute Trauma, Grief, and Renewal Certificate Program and is client-centered, existential, relational, and oriented toward depth and somatic work in her approach to treatment. Emily is trained in Seeking Safety, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing, CRAFT, DBT, and EMDR and has completed introductory training in Bioenergetic Analysis. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (M.I.N.T.) and is a Certified Grief Informed Professional (C.G.P.).

She has worked in residential, IOP, and outpatient facilities – primarily with adult clients with extensive trauma histories. Emily is passionate about helping clients cultivate effective relationships in their daily lives, a healthy relationship with grief, and holistic recovery from addictions (process and substance) and trauma. She has experience working with clients that utilize medication-assisted therapies and is grounded in a harm-reduction approach. In addition to working individually with clients, she also loves clinical group work. She brings a patient sense of humor to her work with clients and sees therapy as a highly collaborative process.