Training & Consultation
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a counselling intervention and communication model that has empirically proven to support client engagement, confidence, self-efficacy, and intrinsic motivation towards goals they identify in your work with them.
These training options are for anyone who has an interest in enhancing their ability to support the people they work with in the consideration , enactment, and sustainment of change in their lives.
Motivational Interviewing Training Services
Foundations
This training introduces participants to the neurobiological mechanisms of motivation in conditions that support resiliency and overwhelm to better understand how MI can be an effective framework in fostering capacity and self-efficacy among people who are contemplating and enacting change in their lives.
Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to recognize the principles, strategies, and method of MI, while also having gained some practical experience applying the core skills through conversations & processes of change.
MI Refresher (Intermediate)
Participants who have taken an introductory training in the past, and require a review of material, while continuing to expand on their skill level and understanding would benefit from this training.
The structure of this workshop reviews the core components and strategies of MI, presenting and exploring them in new ways with emphasis on strengthening the skills previously acquired and implementing them into more natural and flowing conversations with people.
Advanced
This training expands on the skills, strategies, and concepts that were introduced in previous training while facilitating focused development of the more deliberate, guiding elements of Motivational Interviewing conversations.
Through this training participants will further develop proficiency in MI, and confidence in their ability to apply MI fluidly in various conversations in the context of their practice.
Individual & Group Consults
Coaching offers the opportunity to practice and develop skills in applying the model in the context of a safe and supportive learning environment with the trainer. Sessions can be booked as an individual or in small groups.
This platform is the most effective in skill development and creates a safer learning environment to ask direct questions regarding implementation of MI, specific case samples, and most importantly, to practice using the model and receive MI-consistent strengths based feedback on how to further develop skills toward proficiency in the model.
Peer Coaching
Ensure the continuity and sustainability of your training investment by having your own staff trained in teaching the skills to others and supporting ongoing skill development in the model. Training key members of your staff to be mentors and coaching champions among your team can support the efficacy of your training investment by ensuring you have champions in place who learn key techniques and strategies to support the ongoing engagement, learning, and skill development of your team.
Agency Engagement
These workshops offer participants a glimpse into the experience of Motivational Interviewing. Participants will have time and space to reflect upon how learning and applying this model may benefit their practice and the people that they work with.
These workshops can also focus on exploring specific skills and elements of MI that are conducive to person-centered service delivery.