Motivational Interviewing (Foundational Skills)

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centred, goal-oriented approach to helping people achieve change through exploring and resolving ambivalence. Motivational interviewing was developed in the 1980’s by Drs William Miller and Stephen Rollnick to help addiction treatment clinicians achieve better retention and engagement in changing problematic behaviours. Since then, MI has been disseminated across a broad spectrum of clinical, educational, corrections, and sporting settings, as well as in the area of organisational change. MI has fast become a cornerstone skill for anyone performing in a helping role, no matter the discipline or industry. This course will allow participants to be equipped with key MI concepts such as evoking motivation to change.