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Motivational Interviewing Strategies: Foundations

Motivational Interviewing is an engaging, evidence-based therapy modality. The Motivational Interviewing Strategies: Foundation course features expert discussion and engaging role plays to educate and empower mental health practitioners.

3 CE credits3 hrIntermediateBehavioral Health Provider Courses
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About this course

 

Course details

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 3 hrs & 8 minutes

CE/CNE CREDITS:  3.00 continuing education/contact hours for psychologists, social workers, and nurses / 2.50 continuing education hours for counselors and marriage and family therapists. 

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychologists, Mental Healthcare Students, Case Managers, Coaches, Nurses

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE: None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and knowledge checks 

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 4/23/2022

 

 

What you'll learn

By completing this course, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the five principles of motivational interviewing (MI).

  2. Identify three common barriers for practitioners and clients new to motivational interviewing and ways to overcome them

  1. Determine how to apply the five motivational principles and OARS through the 6 stages of change

     

     

 

Course outline

Since the course is interactive and each learner will proceed at their own pace, timing is not exact. These are approximations based on average pre/post-test time of pilot testers as well as the run-time of course videos and voiceover. This course does not have to be completed in one session. 

COURSE ACTIVITIES FOR CE CREDIT (≥ 2 HOURS 39 MINUTES)

  • Pre-Course Assessment (~5 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

  • Introduction: (~6 minutes)

  • Module 1: Origins of Motivational Interviewing (~12 minutes)

  • Module 2: Principles of Motivational Interviewing (~9 minutes)

  • Module 3: MI Communication Tools (~5 minutes)

  • Module 4: Applying Motivational Interviewing (~20 minutes)

  • Module 5: Client Assessment & Orientation (~11 minutes)

  • Module 6: Role Play 1: Client Orientation to Motivational Interviewing (~13 minutes)

  • Module 7: Individual Client Sessions (~7 minutes)

  • Module 8: Role Play 2: Engaging (~16 minutes)

  • Module 9: Role Play 3: Focusing (~17 minutes)

  • Module 10: Role Play 4: Evoking (~21 minutes)

  • Module 11: Role Play 5: Planning (~18 minutes)

  • Module 12: Course Wrap-Up (~2 minutes)

  • Post-Course Assessment (~10 minutes) [EXCLUDED FROM ACTIVITIES FOR NBCC & CAMFT CREDIT]

COURSE ACTIVITIES NOT FOR CE CREDIT

  • Participant Evaluation (~10 minutes)

  • (OPTIONAL) Supplementary Videos for Learner

 

Accreditation

  • American Psychological Association (APA) (APA)
  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) (ASWB)
  • California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) (CAMFT)
  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW) (NYSED-SW)
  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) (NBCC)
  • New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC) (NYSED-LMHC)
  • New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT) (NYSED-MFT)
  • National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) (NBHWC)
  • Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) (CCMC)
  • New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY) (NYSED-PSY)
  • National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey (NASW-NJ) (NASW-NJ)
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (FLB)
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (ANCC)
  • Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board (OH)

Instructors

  • Aimee Chiligiris, PsyD
  • Sam Lookatch, PhD
  • Paul Deger, MA, LPC, PT
  • Melissa Leeth, MA, LMHC