Motivational Interviewing Introduction Training
Training Description
In-Person | Free to Attend | 14-hour Multi-Day Training | 12 CEUs | Trauma Responsive
In the Motivational Interviewing Introduction Training, participants will learn the methods to engage, focus, evoke, and plan in an MI session, as well as the fundamentals of MI practice: understanding ambivalence, practicing with MI spirit, reflective listening, and learning the core MI skills of recognizing, evoking, and responding to a person’s “change talk.”
Participants who complete the full 2 days of training will earn 12 Social Work CEUs, no partial credit permitted.
This training is intended for CYFD Family Services Bureau Staff and others invited by CYFD.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the differences between motivational interviewing and other therapeutic methods.
- Demonstrate understanding of ambivalence and the stages of change.
- Describe the 4 processes of motivational interviewing.
- List and explain the components of the MI spirit.
- Use OARS skills to effectively engage in practice and role plays.
- Explain the difference between change talk and sustain talk.
- Identify 3 methods for evoking change talk.
- Demonstrate ability to use methods for identifying, evoking, and responding to change talk.
Training Structure
Training occurs over 2 full days (available date choices located in registration form)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM each day
Lunch on your own
Please arrive 15 minutes early, training will start promptly
Training Location:
CYFD Pine Tree Offices
4501 Indian School Rd NE, 87110
Additional information, room number and instructions will be provided in registration confirmation email.
Trainer: Alicia Shiver, LPCC & Lindsay Worth, LMHC | Motivational Interviewing Training Center (MITC)
Alicia Shiver is a neurodivergent Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor (LADAC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New Mexico. She has clinical experience working with patients and staff in primary care, dialysis clinics, correctional facilities, hospital emergency rooms, outpatient community mental health centers, and medication-assisted treatment. She was first introduced to MI in 2010 and has since stayed active in the MI through research, clinical applications, coding and training/coaching. Her professional interests include motivational interviewing, public health, harm reduction, neurodiversity, and community-based participatory research.
Lindsay Worth is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has worked in mental health and addictions research at the University of New Mexico for 24 years. She has worked in a number of settings including prisons, schools, treatments centers, and tele-health environments and is currently involved with projects in psychedelic and stimulation research. She also spends much of her time training, coaching, and coding in Motivational Interviewing.
Funding
This training is funded by the Children Youth and Families Department, Children's Behavioral Health Services.
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