Description
MI 2.0: Beyond the Basics CEU structure
Course Description: This 2-hour professional development session is designed for practitioners ready to move beyond introductory-level Motivational Interviewing (MI) and into the space where change is nurtured under pressure; among clients who are resistant, justice-involved, or experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use challenges.
This training frames MI not just as a technique, but as a radical act of trust-building. Particularly for populations who have survived systems of incarceration, institutional trauma, or chronic marginalization. Grounded in cultural humility, this session provides tools, demonstrations, and guided reflection to help practitioners deepen their impact, stay aligned with client autonomy, and foster real transformation.
Learning Objectives:
- Apply advanced MI techniques with resistant clients
- Use trauma-informed MI with justice-involved populations
- Adapt MI for co-occurring SUD + MH disorders
- Practice MI responses through tools and reflection
- Integrate MI into ethical, client-centered, sustainable care
CE Units: 2
