Class Enrollment

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Date/Time:	Fri 9/5/2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM
Location:	Zoom
Class Price:	$30.00
Notes:	Approved for (3) CEUs for LPC/LMFT, LCSW, LADC, CM, RSS, and Wellness Coach. Red Rock employees can access this workshop for free. Please log into your Relias account and register for this course through Relias. If you have any questions, please email ClinicalDevelopment@red-rock.com.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based approach to communication that helps clients construct their own argument(s) in support of change. This 3-hour virtual workshop focuses on helping clinicians develop a working knowledge of basic motivational interviewing skills.   The skillful use of MI with clients leads to activation and strengthening of readiness, willingness, and ability to engage with a strategic change plan of their own making. Participants will enhance their skills through a mix of didactic presentation, demonstration and skill practice exercises. This is an interactive training where skill-based activities improve the learning and application of Motivational Interviewing skills.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Develop a basic working knowledge of motivational interviewing where participants learn about the spirit of MI, the usefulness of change talk, and the four processes of MI: engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning. 
• Learn and practice the core skills of Motivational Interviewing: OARS techniques-- Open ended questions/affirmations/reflections/summaries
• Learn focusing and evoking strategies to elicit and respond to client’s self-motivational statements (change talk) ​