Supporting Clients Through the Stages of Change with Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an approach designed to support people who are working on making behavioral changes. Providers can use MI skills to help clients identify their reasons for making these changes, empowering them with insights necessary for successful long-term management of chronic conditions and associated lifestyle behaviors.

This interactive webinar defines, describes, and demonstrates motivational interviewing. It will present key concepts and principles of MI as a set of methods employed to help people increase intrinsic motivation by exploring and resolving ambivalence about behavioral change. 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Define motivational interviewing (MI) as a counseling style.
• Identify the key concepts of MI.
• Describe the spirit of MI.
• Identify four principles of MI.
• Demonstrate the MI approach.