Audrey Waldman

Audrey Waldman (she/her) has her master’s in education and over 30 years of experience in the mental

health field. She has been training people in Motivational Interviewing for over 15 years and is a member

of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. She is passionate about teaching and supporting

people to develop their communication skills.

In addition to providing trainings, Audrey worked for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

for almost 25 years as an adult case manager. Through that work, she advocated for her clients ensuring

they received services, housing, food, and benefits. As a case manager Audrey followed her clients

through all aspects of their life, being able to work with some clients for over 20 years. As a result,

Audrey has developed experience working with people in many aspects of life; including those with

substance use, in correctional settings, the community, and hospitals.

Currently Audrey works full time for the Fall River Deaconess Home as a child and family clinician as well

as a Motivational Interviewing trainer in their Support and Stabilization program. The program contracts

with he Massachusetts Department of Child and Families. In this role Audrey works with youth up to 22

years old providing short term individual and family therapy.

Audrey lives in the land now known as Providence Rhode Island in the United States. Audrey respectfully

acknowledges that the land on which she lives and works are within the ancestral homelands of the

Narragansett Indian Tribe. The Narragansett Indian Tribe, whose ancestors stewarded these lands with

great care, continues as a sovereign nation today.