Motivational Interviewing Beyond Foundations: Online Mini Courses

Motivational Interviewing (MI) Beyond Foundations: Online Mini Courses

  Each course contains approximately 30 to 90 minutes self-paced online content, followed by a 30-minute practice and feedback session. Learners have 30 days from enrollment to complete.

  Appropriate for a wide range of professionals and peers who have a foundational knowledge of MI.

The MI Beyond Foundations mini courses are designed for learners who want to deepen their MI knowledge, skills, and strategies. Each mini course focuses on one concept and is designed with practical application in mind. For more information about each offering, click on the titles below.

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Values in Motivational Interviewing

This course focuses on how to evoke values in an MI conversation to understand behaviour, prompt consideration of alternate behaviours, deepen motivation, and support sustained change.

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Responding to Risk in Motivational Interviewing

This course focuses on how to have a motivational interviewing conversation when there is risk involved, including distinguishing between tolerable and intolerable risk and responding in MI-consistent ways.

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Developing Ambivalence in MI

This course focuses on on strategies for developing a sense of ambivalence when a person doesn’t see the discrepancy between their behaviour and their values or goals.

Course Details

These are interactive courses that are designed for participants who want to consider practical applications to their work. CCMI uses learner-centred, performance-based approaches to adult education. Courses include
  • Interactive learning modules with audio, reading, and practice activities.
  • Assignments with feedback from an instructor.
  • One-on-one practice and feedback sessions over zoom with a CCMI practice facilitator.

In order to complete this course, learners will need:

  • Access to a computer, laptop, or tablet with the capability to watch and listen to video and audio.
  • Internet connection
  • Up to date browser including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge. The course will not run with Internet Explorer

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Motivational Interviewing Foundations Online

 16-18 hours of self-paced online learning.

Includes three 30-minute practice and feedback sessions

  For a wide range of professionals and peer helpers

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MI and Brief Action Planning Train the Trainer

   16 week train the trainer pathway, plus 4 days train the trainer workshop

  Appropriate for educators

   Prerequisites: Successful completion of a 26 week Train the Trainer Preparation Pathway

MI Beyond Foundations

Motivational Interviewing Beyond Foundations

  18 hours webinar webinar and self-paced online content

Includes practice and feedback sessions with expert trainers

  For a wide range of professionals and peer helpers

Prerequisite: MI Foundations or equivalent

See our CCMI Services page for an overview of all of our offerings and details like prerequisites, duration, and capacity.