Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Strengthen motivation and commitment to change through collaborative conversation.
CTI's Motivational Interviewing workshop teaches participants of all experience levels the guiding principles, strategies and skills for incorporating Miller and Rollnick's Motivational Interviewing techniques into practice.
Motivational Interviewing grew out of Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change model and is used as a collaborative conversation style for helping clients strengthen their own motivation and commitment to change.
Develop practical MI skills for real client conversations.
Participants build both conceptual understanding and practical strategies they can integrate into day-to-day practice.
Understand MI Principles
Build a clear understanding of the guiding principles and strategies that shape Motivational Interviewing.
Connect MI With Stages of Change
Understand the relationship between Motivational Interviewing and Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change model.
Learn Key MI Techniques
Develop practical techniques that help create collaborative, client-centred conversations about change.
Work Through Ambivalence
Help clients explore mixed feelings and strengthen motivation when they are uncertain about making a change.
Work With Resistance
Use strategies that are effective with resistant clients and help conversations move forward more constructively.
Integrate MI Into Practice
Leave with concrete ideas for incorporating Motivational Interviewing into counselling, case management and other helping roles.
Use the client's own motivation as the starting point.
MI is built around collaboration, curiosity and helping the client articulate their own reasons for change.
Explore Readiness
Use the Stages of Change framework to better understand where a client is in relation to a potential change.
Work Through Ambivalence
Help clients examine competing motivations without creating an argument or pushing them into a position they are not ready to take.
Strengthen Commitment
Support the client in identifying personal reasons, confidence and next steps that can increase commitment to change.
Use Motivational Interviewing across a wide range of helping roles.
MI is especially useful in situations where clients are uncertain, resistant or struggling to translate good intentions into action.
MINT-Certified Trainers Available
CTI states that MINT-certified Motivational Interviewing trainers are available. CTI's instructor roster also includes Dr. Maya Obadia, a MINT-certified trainer with experience teaching Motivational Interviewing, behaviour change and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Bring Motivational Interviewing training to your team.
MI can be especially valuable for teams whose work depends on client engagement, behaviour change, case planning, counselling or helping people move through resistance and ambivalence.
CTI can deliver training onsite or online and can customize training around workplace needs, learning goals and staff schedules.
Frequently Asked Questions About Motivational Interviewing
Learn more about CTI's Motivational Interviewing training, who the workshop is designed for, what participants will learn, how MI supports behaviour change, and how it can be applied in counselling and case-management roles.
What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversation style designed to strengthen a person's own motivation and commitment to change.
Who is this workshop for?
CTI's Motivational Interviewing workshop is designed for participants of all experience levels who want to incorporate MI principles, strategies and skills into their practice.
What will participants learn?
Participants learn the principles and strategies of Motivational Interviewing, the links between MI and the Stages of Change model, key MI techniques, methods for working through ambivalence, and strategies for working with resistant clients.
How is Motivational Interviewing connected to the Stages of Change model?
CTI explains that Motivational Interviewing grew out of Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change model and uses that framework to help practitioners understand readiness for change.
Does the course help with resistant clients?
Yes. One of the learning objectives is to teach techniques that are effective when working with resistant clients and helping them move forward more constructively.
Does the course cover ambivalence?
Yes. Participants learn how to strengthen client motivation by working through the ambivalence that often accompanies change.
Can I use MI in counselling or case-management work?
Yes. The workshop is designed to help participants integrate Motivational Interviewing into day-to-day practice across counselling, case-management and other helping roles.
Are MINT-certified trainers available?
Yes. CTI states that MINT-certified trainers are available for Motivational Interviewing training.