“Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change.  It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.” (Miller and Rollnick, 2012)

We offer training in Motivational Interviewing (MI) tailored to the needs of the agency and focused on a variety of specific applications.  IN addition, we have standardized trainings, including:

Introductory Training

This training provides participants with an overview of Motivational Interviewing and how to use these skills to promote positive behavior change. The training introduces Motivational interviewing as a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change.  It covers the basics of MI, the practical guidelines in the applications of MI, and the specific skills related to MI. This introductory training is delivered in a two-day format and can be adapted for specific applications.

Intermediate Training

Building on the Introductory training, an Intermediate workshop is offered to integrate basic skills into practical application.  Depending on the needs and resources of the agency or organization, the length of the workshop can be tailored.  This workshop will allow for skill practice and understanding of the macro perspective related to specific micro skills. 

Prerequisite for Training: Training participants must have completed the Introductory training workshop.

Advanced Training

In order to support agencies in building internal capacity, we offer an advanced MI training delivered by a Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) member.   The workshop is intended to be delivered in a four- or five-day format, which includes administration of the Video Assessment Simulated Encounter instrument and individual teach-backs with feedback and coaching.  Participants should expect to be confident delivering introductory MI training subsequent to successful completion. 

Prerequisite for Training: Training participants must have completed the Introductory and Intermediate training workshops.

Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Training

The Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity instrument (MITI) is a behavioral coding system measuring MI beginning competency and proficiency.  It can be used for research purposes or as a means of providing structured, formal feedback about ways to improve practice.  This instrument is a coding system which measures an interaction from two perspectives: globally and behaviorally.  As agencies, which have already implemented MI training and practice, move toward continual improvement and treatment fidelity, they will want to employ internal quality assurance measures to further support best practice among their staff and improved outcomes with their clients.  We offer MITI coding, training and implementation designed and tailored to the individual needs of each agency.  

Prerequisite for Training: Training participants must demonstrate proficiency in motivational interviewing practice.

Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2012). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change. Guilford press.

Moyers, Martin, Manuel, Miller and Ernst (2009).  The MITI instrument was validated using twenty-minute, random segments of audio-taped interviews.