William R. Miller, Ph.D.

Advanced Motivational Interviewing

 A Three-Day Online Workshop to Explore
Advanced Practice, Training, and Supervision of Motivational Interviewing (MI)

William R. Miller, Ph.D.

Theresa B. Moyers, Ph.D.


 

Virtual workshop with both trainers all 3 days

16 CEs accredited by the
American Psychological Association
Cost: $695

This workshop is designed for participants in a variety of positions, including leaders, coaches, clinicians, administrators and supervisors.  Newer users of MI may struggle to participate fully in practice exercises for this workshop, so some experience with MI is recommended.  If you are in doubt, we can discuss this with you individually.  We encourage international applicants, while recognizing that this workshop will require a facile working knowledge of English and accommodation to time zone differences.

Some of the topics we will cover in this workshop:

  • Offering complex reflections: how to do it and how to teach it
  • Cultivating Change Talk: Advanced methods for encouraging change talk from clients
  • Expression of Empathy versus Softening Sustain Talk: How to hit the balance
  • When and how to maintain neutrality in people’s dilemmas
  • Supervising MI: A primer on what we know and tools to help
  • MI in Groups: How is it the same, how is it different?
  • MI in your system: What changes are possible?

Instructors

William Miller, Ph.D. is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico. The original founder of Motivational Interviewing, Dr. Miller’s distinguished career has spanned six decades, pioneering methods to inform how clinicians treat and respond to their clients.

Theresa B. Moyers, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico.  Dr. Moyers’ research focuses on the training of therapeutic skills as well as identifying causal mechanisms of Motivational Interviewing. She is co-author with Dr. Miller of the 2021 book Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes.

Virtual Platform Participation

This training will be conducted virtually from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (Mountain Time; GMT – 6:00) daily, with a break from 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm.  We know that some online workshops feature mostly didactic lectures – but not this one.  We will be using demonstration, discussion and interpersonal exercises wherein participants will practice skills with each other.

Target Audience

This training is ideal for individuals who have already learned the basics of MI and are using it in their professional settings, including social workers, clergy, health educators, care managers, counselors, psychologists, corrections officers and many others.

Included in the Workshop

  • 16 hours of expert training with both teaching and experiential components
  • 16 hours of CEUs from the American Psychological Association

 

Dr. Teresa Moyers