Join Alicia Shiver, MA, LMHC, LADAC, and MINT member to review and practice motivational interviewing skills!

There will be no more than 8 people in each group to ensure that participants have an opportunity for direct observation and feedback. 

Why coaching?

Motivational Interviewing (MI) has become a gold-standard communication style used in behavioral health and medical settings, but do people who are trained actually become proficient in MI after a standard two-day class? The answer to this question is a resounding “no”. Although participants in an introductory workshop often report feeling confident in their new MI skills, changes in practice behavior are usually modest at best (Miller & Mount, 2001) and quickly diminish after training if nothing more is done to consolidate them (Miller, et al., 2004; Schwalbe, et al., 2014).  Simply providing continuing education workshops can thus be a waste of time and resources if it does not improve…