Description
June 18 & 25, 2025 | 12:00-3:00pm | Virtual via Zoom
Description:
This training is for learners who have completed the Fundamentals (or similar) course and who want to deepen their skill and understanding of motivational interviewing. It is a highly experiential training in which learners are presented with more in depth consideration of motivational interviewing concepts and introduction to more advanced concepts related to motivational interviewing. Learners will participate in exercises designed to allow them to experience the concepts described and will be given the opportunity to discuss their experiences. The goal of this training is for attendees to increase their understanding of motivational interviewing and to increase their confidence in their ability to employ motivational interviewing effectively in their work.
Objectives:
– Thorough knowledge of more in depth concepts of motivational interviewing
– Discuss and compare different approaches
– Confident ability to practice motivational interviewing in the workplace
Audience:
Behavioral health professionals
Presenter:
Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS is a storyteller, trainer, therapist and author. He maintains a compassion-focused practice in Portland, Maine and facilitates a variety of mutual aid support groups. A member of the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2003, he became a Certified MINT Trainer in 2019. He is the co-founder of Agape, Inc. which supports the Men’s Resource Center of Southern Maine, Dignity for People Using Opiates, and InnerEdge Counseling. He has been a MIA-STEP trainer (Motivational Interviewing Assessment; Supervisor Training Program) for the New England ATTC since 2007. Stephen has also been MITI-trained (Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity) and has over 100 hours of training in Motivational Interviewing. Stephen provides coaching and training domestically and internationally as well as supervising a coding/coaching laboratory and simulation training lab for Motivational Interviewing.
Contact hours:
6 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
6 contact hours for drug and alcohol counselors pending approval from the Maine Board of Drug and Alcohol Counselors.
6 Category I contact hours for Maine psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Maine Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
6 contact hours for CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
