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Whose Motivation Is it Anyway? Using Motivational Interviewing to Guide, Not Control

Participants will examine the spirit of Motivational Interviewing —collaboration, acceptance, evocation, and compassion—and explore how practitioner communication styles, assumptions, and the “righting reflex” can either support or impede client engagement. Grounded in evidence-informed theories and frameworks, this training emphasizes practical strategies for engaging clients, rolling with resistance, eliciting change talk, and supporting readiness for change across stages.

Through applied examples, reflective exercises, and structured practice, participants will strengthen their ability to guide conversations that honor autonomy, reduce resistance, and promote sustainable, client-driven change in diverse practice settings.

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Whose Motivation Is it Anyway? Using Motivational Interviewing to Guide, Not Control

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Presenter: Crystal Rozelle-Bennett

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Course Length: 3 Hours

Learning Objectives:

  1. Analyze how practitioner assumptions, communication styles, and the “righting reflex” contribute to client resistance and disengagement within helping relationships.
  2. Differentiate between directing, guiding, and following communication styles and evaluate their appropriate use within a Motivational Interviewing framework.
  3. Apply the core components of the MI spirit—collaboration, acceptance, evocation, and compassion—to real‑world client scenarios to strengthen therapeutic alliance and autonomy. Assess client readiness for change by identifying change talk, sustain talk, and indicators of importance and confidence using MI‑consistent strategies.
  4. Construct MI‑aligned responses to resistance using reflective listening, emphasis on choice, discrepancy development, and strategic shifting of focus.
  5. Design a collaborative, client‑centered action plan by integrating evocation techniques, Ask‑Tell‑Ask, and SMART goal principles.

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

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Participants will examine the spirit of Motivational Interviewing —collaboration, acceptance, evocation, and compassion—and explore how practitioner communication styles, assumptions, and the “righting reflex” can either support or impede client engagement. Grounded in evidence-informed theories and frameworks, this training emphasizes practical strategies for engaging clients, rolling with resistance, eliciting change talk, and supporting readiness for change across stages.

Through applied examples, reflective exercises, and structured practice, participants will strengthen their ability to guide conversations that honor autonomy, reduce resistance, and promote sustainable, client-driven change in diverse practice settings.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Analyze how practitioner assumptions, communication styles, and the “righting reflex” contribute to client resistance and disengagement within helping relationships.
  2. Differentiate between directing, guiding, and following communication styles and evaluate their appropriate use within a Motivational Interviewing framework.
  3. Apply the core components of the MI spirit—collaboration, acceptance, evocation, and compassion—to real‑world client scenarios to strengthen therapeutic alliance and autonomy. Assess client readiness for change by identifying change talk, sustain talk, and indicators of importance and confidence using MI‑consistent strategies.
  4. Construct MI‑aligned responses to resistance using reflective listening, emphasis on choice, discrepancy development, and strategic shifting of focus.
  5. Design a collaborative, client‑centered action plan by integrating evocation techniques, Ask‑Tell‑Ask, and SMART goal principles.

Agenda:

Foundations of Motivational Interviewing (60 minutes)

Welcome, training overview, and framing MI as a collaborative conversation style

(Lecture, reflective activity and large group discussion)

Motivation, Assumptions, and Resistance (30 minutes)

Identifying how assumptions influence practice decisions

How practitioner behavior can unintentionally increase resistance

The righting reflex and Thomas Gordon’s roadblocks

(Lecture and Small‑group activity)

Engaging, Focusing, and Rolling with Resistance (60 minutes)

Engaging clients through OARS and empathic listening

Focusing conversations using agenda mapping and evocation

Rolling with resistance: reflection, choice, discrepancy, and shifting focus

(Applied case discussion, Lecture and large group conversation)

Evoking Change Talk and Planning for Action (30 minutes)

Identifying and strengthening change talk vs. sustain talk

Change language

Tools for change

Planning for change: SMART goals, confidence building, and support

(Lecture, large group discussion and Self‑reflection activity and integration into practice)

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
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