Motivational Interviewing

January through April 2027

This four-month series will teach you how to guide your clients and patients towards change in a positive and supportive way by learning the fundamentals of motivational interviewing skills from the ground up.

Learn evidence-based skills and techniques on how to strengthen a person’s own motivation for and commitment to change and increase your effectiveness in your role as a change agent. This training requires no prior knowledge of motivational interviewing and moves from basic to advanced skills over the course of four months.

What you'll get:

• Online Training with 
• Connect with other professionals
• 24 CEU contact hours for THW & MHACBO
• NASW credits offered upon request.

Session Topics Include:

• The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
• The Basic Counseling Skills OARS
• Complex Reflections and Summaries
• Recognizing Change Talk and Sustain Talk
• Eliciting Change Talk
• Reducing Sustain Talk
• Developing a Change Plan
• Consolidation of Change and Wrap-Up