Motivational Interviewing I: Foundations, First Steps and Feeling Confident
When change is difficult, we need to deliberately communicate, connect and collaborate in effective ways. Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers an evidence-based, grounded approach to conversations about next steps, as well as a specific clinical skill set that create effective interventions. Focused on identifying and cultivating personal motivation, MI conversations are fertile ground where solutions arise and positive outcomes become more likely.
This highly interactive training covers the fundamentals of MI theory and then concentrates on the boots-on-the-ground skills that will make an immediate difference in your work. This is the appropriate class for beginners and for practitioners at any level who want to reexamine their skills and use them in a more confident and nuanced way.
Learning Objectives
- Explore the MI spirit and tasks
- Practice 5 skills in the MI tool kit
- Learn to identify Change Talk
- Identify and avoid the Fixing Reflex
- Encourage you to put MI into practice
Additional Training: Motivational Interviewing II on April 21 and Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change on May 7.
Trainer
Lisabeth Gutierrez Bennett, NBC-HWC, NCTTP, NCNTT, Training Director, CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, administers CODAC’s Motivational Interviewing training initiatives and oversees programs related to tobacco and nicotine treatment. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), developing and facilitating training tailored to a wide variety of medical, behavioral health, and social service agencies nationwide. Her boots-on-the-ground experience translates into impactful, practical training programs that help participants increase their competence and confidence when helping others.
With a clinical background in health coaching, she holds the National Board Certification in Health and Wellness Coaching, National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice, and National Certification in Nicotine and Tobacco Treatment. Beth is a trainer for the internationally accredited Tobacco Treatment Specialist (TTS) certification and co-author of the University of Massachusetts Medical School TTS training curriculum. Before joining CODAC, Beth developed MI training for a team of 14,000 registered dieticians, exercise physiologists, and registered nurses.
