Virtual Webinar

Motivational Interviewing: Creating an Environment for Change: Creating an Environment for Change

Presented by Michael McGuire, LCSW, LMFT, LCAS, CCS, MINT Member , Ali Hall, JD, MINT Certified Trainer, MINT Member
18.0 CE Hours Clinical Introductory
Motivational Interviewing: Creating an Environment for Change: Creating an Environment for Change

Information

Date & Time

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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify the four components of the Spirit of motivational interviewing.

  • Explain a motivational interviewing perspective of “resistance”.

  • Explain a motivational interviewing sequence for offering advice/suggestions.

  • Identify and describe two Traps to avoid.

  • Explain four ways to respond to Change Talk.

  • Identify two strengths of your motivational interviewing practice.

  • Identify two areas for improvement for your motivational interviewing practice.

  • Identify the components of the OARS acronym

  • Explain the two types of affirmations.

  • Identify two types of reflections.

  • Define Change and Sustain Talk.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to gain competence and confidence in using motivational interviewing.

Description

This workshop is designed for practitioners interested in gaining competence and confidence in the use of motivational interviewing (MI) through instruction, coaching, and deliberate practice. After a two-day introductory immersion into MI principles and techniques, participants will broaden and deepen their skills through ongoing practice and subsequent coaching and training. Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to identify their areas of strengths and stretches regarding MI skills and application.

Target Audience

  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker
  • Substance Use Disorder Professionals

Presenters

Michael McGuire, LCSW, LMFT, LCAS, CCS, MINT Member

Michael McGuire is employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work as a Clinical Assistant Professor, the Director of the Substance Use and Addiction Specialty program, and lead trainer for a state-funded workforce development initiative. He is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Clinical Addictions Specialist, and is a credentialed supervisor and MINT Trainer. Michael offers training and implementation consultation on evidence-based practices with a particular focus on motivational interviewing, SBIRT, and family systems. Additional areas of interest include adolescent and family development, problematic substance use and addiction, experiential learning, military-involved families, Feedback Informed Treatment, clinical supervision, ethics, and workforce development. Michael is the author of three unwritten books and was recently voted the most interesting and humble person in the galaxy.

Ali Hall, JD, MINT Certified Trainer, MINT Member

Ali Hall is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), a MINT Certified Trainer, and an independent consultant and trainer. Ali currently serves on the MINT Board of Directors, focusing on professional skill development for MI practitioners and trainers. Ali served as a Lead Trainer for the International MINT Training for New Trainers (TNT) in Warsaw (2019), New Orleans (2018) and Berlin (2015), co-trainer in Atlanta (2014) and provided training team support in Fort Wayne (2012) and Sheffield (2011).

Ali has designed and facilitated thousands of Motivational Interviewing (MI) workshops for behavioral health and substance use recovery providers, mental health practitioners, health care providers, child and family services providers, wraparound providers, senior service providers, criminal justice professionals. psychologists, and psychiatrists, and provides training for trainers in evidence-based practices. Ali regularly provides skill development coaching for interdisciplinary health provider teams. Ali is the co-developer of the Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA), a coding and coaching tool for MI skill improvement, and the co-author of the book Motivational Interviewing for Mental Health Clinicians: A Toolkit for Skill Development (2021).

Financially Sponsored By

  • Louisiana Department of Health - Office of Behavioral Health