Upcoming MI Classes
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Thursday and Friday October 5th and 6th of 2023 at Lane Community College Main Campus in Eugene, Oregon
About This Course
This course is designed to give the participant an introduction to the key principals and concepts of Motivational Interviewing. This course will provide participants an overview of the principles and skills of MI. Participants will be guided through a sequence of learning activities to explore and shape their helping practice, and to initiate a process for developing proficiency in MI. Learning activities will include: demonstrations, videotape examples, “real‐plays,” fictional case studies, small group exercises, and participant practice with feedback.
Course cost is $250 and includes ten endorsed CEU's from the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon.
Course Objectives
- Participants will learn and be able to list the key elements of the guiding philosophy of Motivational Interviewing (MI).
- Participants will learn and be able identify the foundational communication skills of MI from demonstrations and video examples.
- Participants will learn and be able to name core MI strategies for eliciting and exploring clients’ own reasons for change in role/real‐play practice exercises.
- Participants will learn the four processes of MI for navigating clinical conversations in the direction of client change goals.
- Participants will learn and be able to identify key issues for starting to incorporate the primary skills and strategies of MI into their own practice.
Intermediate/Advanced Class of Motivational Interviewing
Thursday and Friday July 27th and 28th of 2023 at Lane Community College Main Campus in Eugene, Oregon
About This Course
This class is designed for those who have learned the fundamentals of MI and practiced it over time, and now are seeking a more advanced training in MI. These classes will typically have fourteen to sixteen hours of training contact time and include analysis of audio or video tapes, more demonstration and practice exercises, and less didactic material. One key element of advanced training is on differentiating change talk from commitment language, and learning how to elicit and shape the two.
Prior proficiency and experience in the practice of MI are assumed for those who sign up for an intermediate or advanced class.
Course cost is $250 and includes ten endorsed CEU's from the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon.
The Goals For Participants After Attending an Advanced Motivational Interviewing Training With Me Are:
- You will be able to list four key ingredients of the guiding philosophy of Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- You will be able to identify the foundational communication skills of MI from demonstrations and video examples
- You will be able to name some advanced MI strategies for eliciting and exploring clients' own reasons for change in role-play practice exercises
- You will be able to describe the four processes of MI for navigating clinical conversations in the direction of client change goals
- You will be able to identify some of the key issues for enhancing confidence & competence in applying the primary skills & strategies of MI into clinical practice